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九十 jiǔ shí ninety
退避三舍 tuì - sān shè lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
行百里者半九十 xíng bǎi zhě bàn jiǔ shí lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done
耄龄 mào líng old age / eighties, nineties, or greater (of age)
九成 jiǔ chéng nine-tenths / ninety percent


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