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鼎革

dǐng gé

2-character word

What 鼎革 means

1. change of dynasties
2. clear out the old, bring in the new

The characters in 鼎革

• 鼎dǐngancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect)…
• 革géanimal hide; leather; to reform

Sounds the same

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

• 顶格(typesetting) to not indent; to set the text flush with the left (or top) margin

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