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鼎足之势

dǐng zú zhī shì

4-character word Traditional 鼎足之勢

What 鼎足之势 means

1. competition between three rivals
2. tripartite confrontation

The characters in 鼎足之势

• 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
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

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