[定鼎, dìng dǐngㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ] lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital; to found a dynasty; used in advertising#115571
[鼎铛玉石 / 鼎鐺玉石, dǐng chēng yù shíㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥ ㄩˋ ㄕˊ] lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (成语 saw); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine#800926
[问鼎轻重 / 問鼎輕重, wèn dǐng qīng zhòngㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ] lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (成语 saw); a laughable attempt to seize power#1031472
[问鼎中原 / 問鼎中原, wèn dǐng zhōng yuánㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ] lit. to inquire of the tripods (成语 saw); fig. to plan to seize power of the whole country; grand ambitions to win
[染指于鼎 / 染指於鼎, rǎn zhǐ yú dǐngㄖㄢˇ ㄓˇ ㄩˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ] lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (成语 saw); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action