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鼎鐺玉石

简鼎铛玉石 · 繁鼎鐺玉石

Mandarin · pinyin dǐng chēng yù shí

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
casting pearls before swine

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鼎: dǐng · large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱
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玉: yù · jade, precious stone, gem
石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
铛: dāng · frying pan; warming vessel

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3–1–4–2 · ding3 cheng1 yu4 shi2

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