"Tripod" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 sān jiǎo jià tripod / derrick crane
 chá jī small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)
 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
 jiǔ dǐng the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
 dǐng zú lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
 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"
 nài incense tripod
 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / old variant of 硎[xing2]
 mì cover of tripod kettle
 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
 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
 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / variant of 硎, whetstone
 zī tripod with a small opening on top
  NOD tripod
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