染指于鼎 — Chinese idiom
染指于鼎
rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng
Traditional: 染指於鼎
Meaning
- lit. dip one's finger in the tripod ; fig. to get one's finger in the pie
- to get a share of the action
Character by character
- 染rǎndye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 鼎dǐnglarge, three-legged bronze cauldron
Idioms sharing a character
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 染指垂涎 rǎn zhǐ chuí xián
- 沾染世俗 zhān rǎn shì sú
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
- 屈指可数 qū zhǐ kě shǔ
- 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
- 指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
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