Word Meaning 鼎の軽重を問う

かなえのけいちょうをとう kanae no keichou o tou

鼎の軽重を問う is read as かなえのけいちょうをとう (kanae no keichou o tou) and means to call someone's ability into question.

Meaning

English

to call someone's ability into question
to doubt a ruler's competence

Reading

Kana

かなえのけいちょうをとう

Romaji

kanae no keichou o tou

Writing Variants

かなえの軽重を問う かなえのけいちょうをとう kanaenokeichou o tou

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 148529 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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軽重

けいじゅう

(relative) importance

重軽傷

じゅうけいしょう

serious or slight injury

重軽傷者

じゅうけいしょうしゃ

(seriously and slightly) injured persons

鼎

てい

three-legged bronze vessel (used in ancient China)

問う

とう

to ask

重なり合う

かさなりあう

to lie on top of each other

重ね合う

かさねあう

to put something on top of another thing

信を問う

しんをとう

to make an appeal to the confidence of

疑問に思う

ぎもんにおもう

to doubt

厳重

げんじょう

strict

重傷

おもで

serious wound

二重

ふたえ

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