三足鼎立 — Chinese idiom
三足鼎立
sān zú dǐng lì
Meaning
- to form a tripartite balance of power
Character by character
- 三sānthree
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 鼎dǐnglarge, three-legged bronze cauldron
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
Idioms sharing a character
- 一唱三叹 yī chàng sān tàn
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
- 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn
- 三下两下 sān xià liǎng xià
- 三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
- 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó
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