鐘鳴鼎食

Chinese

clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell to cry (of birds) extravagant food
trad. (鐘鳴鼎食) 鼎食
simp. (钟鸣鼎食) 鼎食

Etymology

From Tengwang Ge Xu:

閭閻撲地鐘鳴鼎食;舸艦青雀黃龍 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
闾阎扑地钟鸣鼎食;舸舰青雀黄龙 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: 675, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 滕王閣序
Lǘyán pūdì, zhōng míng dǐng shí zhī jiā; gějiàn mí jīn, qīngquè huánglóng zhī zhú. [Pinyin]
There are houses everywhere. There are families of great affluence, whose meals are served within tripods and to the accompaniment of music. Massive ships and fierce war vessels are densely moored at the ports. On the sterns of them are carved designs of blue birds and brown dragons.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2
Initial () (23) (4) (5) (27)
Final () (7) (111) (125) (134)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () III III IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyowng mjaeng tengX zyik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕɨoŋ/ /mˠiæŋ/ /teŋX/ /ʑɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕioŋ/ /mᵚiaŋ/ /teŋX/ /ʑɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕioŋ/ /miaŋ/ /tɛŋX/ /ʑiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cuawŋ/ /miajŋ/ /tɛjŋX/ /ʑik̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕioŋ/ /miɐŋ/ /teŋX/ /d͡ʑiək̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭwoŋ/ /mĭɐŋ/ /tieŋX/ /d͡ʑĭək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯woŋ/ /mi̯ɐŋ/ /tieŋX/ /d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhōng míng dǐng shí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zung1 ming4 ding2 sik6

Idiom

鐘鳴鼎食

  1. (metonymic) extravagant lifestyle