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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
ding3 cheng1 yu4 shi2	ding2 yuk6 daam3, sek6	ding2 juk6 daam3, sek6	lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material/casting pearls before swine

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
鼎 Learn more	ding3	ding2	ding2	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
铛 Learn more	cheng1			frying pan/griddle
玉 Learn more	yu4	yuk6	juk6	jade
石 Learn more	shi2	daam3, sek6	daam3, sek6	rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] / surname shi

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