# 大名鼎鼎 (dàmíngdǐngdǐng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 大名鼎鼎 (dàmíngdǐngdǐng) means “world-renowned; very famous”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: world-renowned; very famous
- Pinyin: dàmíngdǐngdǐng (da4 ming2 ding3 ding3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他是一位大名鼎鼎的作家。
  Tā shì yí wèi dàmíngdǐngdǐng de zuòjiā.
  He is a world-renowned writer.

## Characters

- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- [名](https://hanziro.com/word/ming-people/) (míng): (measure word) for people; name
- 鼎 (dǐng): pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical)

https://hanziro.com/word/da-ming-ding-ding-world-renowned/

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