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jiǔ nine / 9
jiǔ black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
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]
九死一生 jiǔ shēng nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life
九卿 jiǔ qīng the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)
九泉 jiǔ quán the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades
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]
九九归一 jiǔ jiǔ guī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
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
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]
九野 jiǔ the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China


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