dǐng zhì

鼎峙 (dǐng zhì) is a Chinese word meaning “(literary) to form a tripartite confrontation”.

Meanings

  1. 1(literary) to form a tripartite confrontation

Characters in 鼎峙

鼎dǐng · ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs峙shì · used in 繁峙[Fan2 shi4] (the name of a place in Shanxi)

Related words

对峙(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other大名鼎鼎grand reputation鼎ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs鼎盛thriving问鼎to aspire to the throne鼎立lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod鼎力相助We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.一言九鼎one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight人声鼎沸lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)三足鼎立(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power峙used in 繁峙[Fan2 shi4] (the name of a place in Shanxi)峙(literary) to tower aloft

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