鼎湖
Dǐng hú
Pinyin

Definition

鼎湖
 - 
Dǐng hú
  1. Dinghu district of Zhaoqing city 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhào qìng shì], Guangdong

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

问鼎
wèn dǐng
  1. 1 to aspire to the throne
  2. 2 to aim at (the first place etc)
江湖
jiāng hú
  1. 1 rivers and lakes
  2. 2 all corners of the country
  3. 3 remote areas to which hermits retreat
  4. 4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
  5. 5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
  6. 6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
  7. 7 demimonde
  8. 8 (in modern times) triads
  9. 9 secret gangster societies
  10. 10 underworld
湖
hú
  1. 1 lake
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],片[piàn]
湖南
Hú nán
  1. 1 Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā]
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
五湖四海
wǔ hú sì hǎi
  1. 1 all parts of the country
千岛湖
Qiān dǎo Hú
  1. 1 Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
南湖
Nán hú
  1. 1 Nanhu district of Jiaxing city 嘉興市|嘉兴市[Jiā xīng shì], Zhejiang
大名鼎鼎
dà míng dǐng dǐng
  1. 1 grand reputation
  2. 2 renowned
  3. 3 famous
大明湖
Dà míng Hú
  1. 1 Daming Lake in Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán], Shandong
天鹅湖
Tiān é Hú
  1. 1 Swan Lake
太湖
Tài Hú
  1. 1 Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
平湖
Píng hú
  1. 1 Pinghu county level city in Jiaxing 嘉興|嘉兴[Jiā xīng], Zhejiang
东湖
Dōng hú
  1. 1 Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
淡水湖
dàn shuǐ hú
  1. 1 freshwater lake
湖人
Hú rén
  1. 1 Los Angeles Lakers
  2. 2 abbr. for 洛杉磯湖人|洛杉矶湖人[Luò shān jī Hú rén]
湖北
Hú běi
  1. 1 Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[È], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wǔ hàn]
湖北省
Hú běi Shěng
  1. 1 Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[È], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wǔ hàn]
湖南省
Hú nán Shěng
  1. 1 Hunan Province in south central China, abbr. 湘[Xiāng], capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā]
湖州
Hú zhōu
  1. 1 Huzhou prefecture-level city in Zhejiang

Idioms (10)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
人声鼎沸
rén shēng dǐng fèi
  1. 1 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
  2. 2 hubbub
  3. 3 brouhaha
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
染指于鼎
rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng
  1. 1 lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
  2. 2 to get a share of the action
民怨鼎沸
mín yuàn dǐng fèi
  1. 1 seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
湖光山色
hú guāng shān sè
  1. 1 scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
鼎铛玉石
dǐng chēng yù shí
  1. 1 lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
  2. 2 casting pearls before swine

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