势分三足鼎

勢分三足鼎
shì fēn sān zú dǐng
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 his power split the realm like the three legs of a tripod

Examples

HSK 7-9
Liú Yǔxī yòng " shì fēn sān zú dǐng " chēngzàn Liú Bèi de gōngyè.
Liu Yuxi praised Liu Bei's achievements with 'his power split the realm like the three legs of a tripod'.

Tips

history
From 刘禹锡's 蜀先主庙, on the temple of 刘备, first ruler of Shu: 势分三足鼎,业复五铢钱, 'his power split the realm like the three legs of a tripod, and he set out to bring back the five-zhu coin', the money of the Han he hoped to restore. The tripod image is the one in 三足鼎立.

Stroke Order

势 shì
分 fēn
三 sān
足 zú
鼎 dǐng