染指于鼎

染
染
指
指
于
於
鼎
鼎
lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action

Characters and words in 染指于鼎

染
rǎn = r + an3
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting
染 = 木 + 氿 : Robinson Crusoe (r) finds that there is a small mountain spring (氿) in the anthill (an3). Unfortunately it is contaminated (染) by a plastic Christmas tree (木) standing next to it. The BPA and dye from the Christmas tree leak into the water and change the creek's color (染).
染
指
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
指
zhǐ = zh + Ø3
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end
指 = 扌 + 旨 : James II of England (zh) received another imperial decree (旨) In the space station (Ø3). Because his finger (指) nails (指甲) are so long, he has to use a toy claw (扌) to open the letter. In the decree it is written that he shall cut his finger nails because they are the only human objects than can be seen from earth without visual aide.
于
yú = yu + Ø2
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]
于
於
yú = yu + Ø2
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
于 = 亅 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions (in, at, on, to, ...) are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great (于) was assigned to repair the electronics of the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but instead he was snacking honey from a honey jar (于). Unfortunately his capacitor (二) got stuck in the honey and now he has to use a crowbar (亅) to lever it out.
鼎
dǐng = di + (e)ng3
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

Words with 染指于鼎

染指于鼎 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 染指于鼎

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