• 鼎かなえ

  three-legged bronze vessel (used in ancient China)

• 鼎革ていかく

  change of dynasty

• 鼎談ていだん

  tripartite talk, three-man talk

• 鼎坐ていざ

  three people sitting in a triangle

• 鼎立ていりつ

  triangular position, three-cornered contest

• 鼎立戦ていりつせん

  three-way contest

• 三つ鼎みつがなえ

  three people sitting in a triangle

• 鐘鼎文しょうていぶん

  bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions

• 三者鼎立さんしゃていりつ

  three parties (forces) opposing one another, three-cornered contest

• 鼎の軽重を問うかなえのけいちょうをとう

  to call someone's ability into question, to doubt a ruler's competence