三 脚 架 sān jiǎo jià tripod / derrick crane 茶 几 chá jī small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea) 鼎 立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces 九 鼎 jiǔ dǐng the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty 鼎 足 dǐng zú lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals 铉 xuàn stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun" 鼐 nài incense tripod 铏 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / old variant of 硎[xing2] 鼏 mì cover of tripod kettle 染 指 于 鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom) / fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action 鼎 铛 玉 石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine 鉶 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / variant of 硎, whetstone 鼒 zī tripod with a small opening on top 夜 视 装 置 叁 角 架 NOD tripod