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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「擊鐘鼎食」 for your learning.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「擊鐘鼎食」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Ring the bell and set out the tripods for eating. Describes the luxurious lifestyle of nobility or rich people.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jī zhōng dǐng shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gik1 jung1 ding2 sik6

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