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Chinese symbol for “heyday”

鼎盛期
dǐng shèng qī
golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heyday is 鼎盛期 (dǐng shèng qī), defined as: golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity.

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Characters and stroke order

鼎 dǐng
large, three-legged bronze cauldron
radical 206 ⿍ · 13 strokes
盛 shèng
abundant, flourishing; to contain; to fill
radical 108 ⽫ · 12 strokes
期 qī
a period of time; date, time; phase
radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鼎盛期.

WordPinyinMeaning
鼎盛dǐng shèngthriving; flourishing
问鼎 (問鼎)wèn dǐngto aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)
大名鼎鼎dà míng dǐng dǐnggrand reputation; renowned
鼎立dǐng lìlit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod; tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
鼎力dǐng lì(honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help
三足鼎立sān zú dǐng lì(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
盛大shèng dàgrand; majestic
盛行shèng xíngto be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent
时期 (時期)shí qīperiod; phase

See also: Japanese symbol for “heyday”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.