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钟鸣鼎食

zhōng míng dǐng shídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
extravagant lifestyle
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-a4d17e6a99d3c757. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

鐘鳴鼎食 钟鸣鼎食 [zhong1 ming2 ding3 shi2] /extravagant lifestyle/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 鐘鳴鼎食

  • 钟
    zhōng

    handleless cup / goblet / (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) / a (large) bell (CL:架[jià]) / clock (CL:座[zuò]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[diǎn],分[fēn],秒[miǎo]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[sān diǎn zhōng] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wǔ fēn zhōng] "five minutes" etc)

    Zhōng

    surname Zhong

  • 鸣
    míng

    to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)

  • 鼎
    dǐng

    ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

  • 食
    shí

    to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

    sì

    to feed (a person or animal)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.