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钟鸣鼎食

zhōng míng dǐng shí

4-character word Traditional 鐘鳴鼎食

What 钟鸣鼎食 means

1. extravagant lifestyle

The characters in 钟鸣鼎食

• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 鼎dǐngancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect)…
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

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