鼎足之势

competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

excessive

foot / to be sufficient / ample

power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals

ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals