(arch.) three-legged bronze vessel (used in ancient China)
triangular position; three-cornered contest
to call someone's ability into question; to doubt a ruler's competence
tripartite talk; three-man talk
three people sitting in a triangle
three people sitting in a triangle
three parties (forces) opposing one another; three-cornered contest
bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions
three people sitting in a triangle
ding (hexagram 50 of the I Ching: the caldron)