Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「鼎足三分」 below.
Discover the idiom 「鼎足三分」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Ding: An ancient cooking utensil with three legs and two handles. A metaphor for the three parties being separate and opposing each other.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǐng zú sān fèn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ding2 juk1 saam1 fan1
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