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問鼎中原

简问鼎中原 · 繁問鼎中原

Mandarin · pinyin wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán

to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

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問: wèn · ask (about), inquire after
鼎: dǐng · large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
原: yuán · source, origin, beginning
问: wèn · ask about, inquire after

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4–3–1–2 · wen4 ding3 Zhong1 yuan2

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man6 ding2 zung1 jyun4

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