Enjoy free Chinese learning resources from us! This series covers idioms and proverbs, which are meaningful and useful in various scenarios. Let’s explore 「鼎足而立」 and its usage below.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「鼎足而立」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Like the three legs of a tripod, each of them stands on one side. A metaphor for a situation in which three parties are separated and stalemate.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǐng zú ér lì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ding2 juk1 yi4 lap6
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
