鼎峙
dǐng​zhì

to form a tripartite confrontation

  • created sense approved 鼎峙 · dǐng​zhì · to form a tripartite confrontation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鼎峙

    dǐng​zhì

    to form a tripartite confrontation

    (literary) to stand in a three-way power relationship like the three legs of a tripod; used to describe a situation where three major forces or factions face off against each other

    鼎 (literal) → 鼎 · dǐng · tripartite 峙 (literal) → 峙 · zhì · to tower aloft

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

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