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Open the tool →海内鼎沸 (hǎi nèi dǐng fèi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Widespread unrest and turmoil throughout a region or the whole country”.
海内鼎沸 is pronounced hǎi nèi dǐng fèi in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 海内鼎沸 means “the whole country boiling like a cauldron”. It is used to mean “Widespread unrest and turmoil throughout a region or the whole country”.
鼎沸:比喻局势不安定,如同鼎水沸腾。形容天下大乱。