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jiǔ nine / 9
jiǔ black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
九死一生 jiǔ shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life
九鼎 Jiǔ Dǐng the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
九尾狐 jiǔ wěi nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
少府 shào Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
九泉 jiǔ quán the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades
九卿 jiǔ qīng the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)
一言九鼎 yán jiǔ dǐng one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
九头鸟 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
龙生九子 lóng shēng jiǔ lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world.
廷尉 tíng wèi Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
九牛一毛 jiǔ niú - máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
数九寒天 shǔ jiǔ hán tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
九九归一 jiǔ jiǔ guī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
德沃夏克 xià Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony
三跪九叩 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
数九 shǔ jiǔ nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
沅江九肋 Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
卫尉 wèi wèi Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
太常 tài cháng Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
宗正 zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]


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