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鼎足

dǐng zú

2-character word

What 鼎足 means

1. lit. the three legs of a tripod
2. fig. three competing rivals

The characters in 鼎足

• 鼎dǐngancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect)…
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully

Words starting with 鼎足

• 鼎足之势dǐng zú zhī shìcompetition between three rivals; tripartite confrontation

Sounds the same

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

• 鼎族rich patriarchal family; aristocracy