鼎立
ding2 laap6dǐng lì
English
- lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod
- tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
- to describe a situation which 3 dominating powers appear
粵語 — Cantonese
- 由於鼎多數有三隻腳，引申到如果同時有三方面嘅勢力出現，就可以稱為鼎立嘅局面
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk