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鼎立

dǐng lì

2-character word

What 鼎立 means

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

The characters in 鼎立

• 鼎dǐngancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect)…
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Words containing 鼎立

• 三权鼎立sān quán dǐng lìseparation of powers
• 三足鼎立sān zú dǐng lì(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power

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Read dǐng lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鼎力(honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help