| 染指于鼎 |
rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng |
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 |
| 染 |
rǎn |
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting |
| 染指 |
rǎn zhǐ |
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指于鼎 |
| 指 |
zhǐ |
finger / to point at or to / to indicate or refer to / to depend on / to count on / (of hair) to stand on end |
| 于 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
| 于 |
yú |
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 于 |
| 于 |
yú |
(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 |
| 鼎 |
dǐng |
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 |