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
trad. 染指於鼎
Also written 染指於鼎【rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng】
Characters in this word
4染
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to dye, to catch (a disease), to acquire (bad habits etc), to contaminate, to add color washes to a painting
- Pinyin
- rǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 18274 of 2500
指
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finger, to point at or to, to indicate or refer to, to depend on, to count on, (of hair) to stand on end
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1173 of 2500
于
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 631 of 2500
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
- Pinyin
- dǐng
- Strokes
- 12