定鼎
dìng​dǐng

to found a capital or dynasty

  • created sense approved 定鼎 · dìng​dǐng · to found a capital or dynasty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    定鼎

    dìng​dǐng

    to found a capital or dynasty

    To establish a city as the capital or to found a new dynasty; literally refers to the setting up of the nine sacred bronze tripods [[九鼎|九鼎|jiu3 ding3]] to symbolize the transition of the Mandate of Heaven

    定, 鼎

    定 (literal) → 定 · dìng · to decide 鼎 (literal) → 鼎 · dǐng · political power

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense