鼎
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ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs, pot (dialect), to enter upon a period of (classical), Kangxi radical 206, one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
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grand reputation; renowned; famous
the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
to aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)
lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital; to found a dynasty; used in advertising
see 福鼎市[Fu2 ding3 Shi4]