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鼎峙

Mandarin · pinyin dǐng zhì

(literary) to form a tripartite confrontation

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鼎: dǐng · large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱
峙: zhì · stand erect, stand up; pile up

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3–4 · ding3 zhi4

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ding2 ci5

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noun

tripartite confrontation; three-way face-off

verb

to form a triangular balance of power

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