染指于鼎
rǎn​zhǐ​yú​dǐng

to covet unfair gains

  • created reference approved 染指于鼎/染指於鼎 → 染指 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    染指于鼎 / 染指於鼎 rǎn​zhǐ​yú​dǐng

    染指 rǎn​zhǐ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 染指于鼎/染指於鼎 · rǎn​zhǐ​yú​dǐng · to covet unfair gains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    染指于鼎 / 染指於鼎

    rǎn​zhǐ​yú​dǐng

    to covet unfair gains

    (idiom) literally to dip one's finger into the tripod cauldron; to get a finger in the pie or take a share of something one is not entitled to

    染指 (literal) → 染指 · rǎn​zhǐ · to dip a finger in 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · in 鼎 (literal) → 鼎 · dǐng · cauldron

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

    created sense