问鼎中原

Traditional form:

問鼎中原

Pinyin (reading):

wèndǐng Zhōngyuán

Definitions:

• to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

Characters:

• 问 - to ask about, to inquire after
• 鼎 - large, three-legged bronze cauldron
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 原 - source, origin, beginning

Traditional characters:

• 問 - to ask about, to inquire after
• 鼎 - large, three-legged bronze cauldron
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 原 - source, origin, beginning