鼎铛玉石(dǐng chēng yù shí)

4 charactersTrad. 鼎鐺玉石

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade…

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ancient cooking cauldron wi…Full guide →
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Word information

Pinyin
dǐng chēng yù shí
Meaning
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
HSK level
Characters
4
Traditional
鼎鐺玉石

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