Explanation: Ding: Ancient cooking utensils, three-legged ears. Metaphor of the tripartite division, to compete with each other. Source: "Records of the Historian Huaiyin Hou Biography" Chen is willing to disclose the hinterland, hepatobiliary transport, effective total ignorance, fear of taking the first step can not use it. Chen Cheng can listen to measure, Morrow kept both sides will benefit and, third world, tripartite balance neighbors, and its potential Mogan first move. "
sān fēn dǐng zú
Described as one-third of the world, the situation of separate categories
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No. 3
That split into three, such as rival powers of the side by side. Language of the "Historical Records Huaiyin Marquis Biography": "third world, rival powers neighbors, and its potential Mogan first move." "Later Han Dourong Biography": "For third leg of the tripod, with value for cooperation from and therefore should be to when set. "" Three Kingdoms "third four back:" Then there is weathering a Suxue Shi, Yong Horses Tan-Chi Huang single thing. poem says: '... ... third leg of the tripod is a dream of muddy, traces of air left in the world'. "
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No. 4
〖拼音〗：sānfēn-dǐngzú
〖英文〗：like the three legs of a tripod
〖释义〗：谓一分为三，如鼎足之并立。即成三足鼎立之势。
〖出处〗：西汉·司马迁《史记·淮阴侯列传》：“诚能听臣之计，莫若两利而俱存之，三分天下，鼎足而居，其势莫敢先动。”
English Expression
n.: like the three legs of a tripod
v.: (said of warlords or rivaling princes) to hold the different parts of a country and vie for hegemony in a three-way tie