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

the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty

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]

to aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)

(honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help

(honorific) your inestimable assistance; thanks to your help

see 鼎城區|鼎城区[Ding3 cheng2 Qu1]

(literary) to form a tripartite confrontation

to innovate

rich patriarchal family; aristocracy

a confused noise; a racket

see 鼎湖區|鼎湖区[Ding3 hu2 Qu1]

thriving; flourishing

lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod; tripartite confrontation or balance of forces

lit. the three legs of a tripod; fig. three competing rivals

change of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new

extravagant food

great; very important

Fuding, a county-level city in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian

bell-cauldron script; the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions

Dingcheng, a district of Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan

Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries

Dinghu, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong

golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity

one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

separation of powers

(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power

lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub; brouhaha

knife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; fig. torture

the prime of one's life

lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action

seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

extravagant lifestyle

to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power

to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate

(of a temple) teeming with worshippers

We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.

flourishing period; golden age

competition between three rivals; tripartite confrontation

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine

famous; celebrated