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定鼎

Mandarin · pinyin dìng dǐng

lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)
to fix the capital
to found a dynasty
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定: dìng · decide, settle, fix
鼎: dǐng · large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱

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4–3 · ding4 ding3

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ding6 ding2

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