问鼎轻重 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 問鼎輕重 wèndǐngqīngzhòng ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom) a laughable attempt to seize power Character by character 问(wèn)ask 鼎(dǐng)ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs 轻(qīng)light 重(zhòng)heavy A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0