九月
jiǔ yuè
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September;
ninth month (of the lunar year)
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十九
shí jiǔ
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nineteen;
19
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九十
jiǔ shí
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ninety
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十有八九
shí yǒu bā jiǔ
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most likely;
mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10);
vast majority
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九州
jiǔ zhōu
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division of China during earliest dynasties;
fig. ancient China;
Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
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九月份
jiǔ yuè fèn
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September;
ninth month
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九尾狐
jiǔ wěi hú
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nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
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九天
jiǔ tiān
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the Ninth Heaven;
the highest of the heavens
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十之八九
shí zhī bā jiǔ
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most likely;
mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10);
vast majority
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十拿九稳
shí ná jiǔ wěn
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to be a cinch;
in the bag;
(of a person) confident of success
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九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
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beyond the topmost clouds (idiom);
unimaginably far away
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八九不离十
bā jiǔ bù lí shí
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pretty close;
very near;
about right
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九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
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nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape;
new lease of life
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三教九流
sān jiào jiǔ liú
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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.)
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九龙
jiǔ lóng
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Kowloon district of Hong Kong
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一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
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one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
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九分之一
jiǔ fēn zhī yī
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one ninth
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牌九
pái jiǔ
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pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)
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九泉
jiǔ quán
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the nine springs;
the underworld of Chinese mythology;
Hades
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三九天
sān jiǔ tiān
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the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
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三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
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lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom);
fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation;
in dire straits
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三贞九烈
sān zhēn jiǔ liè
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(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
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三貞九烈
sān zhēn jiǔ liè
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(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
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三跪九叩
sān guì jiǔ kòu
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to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
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下九流
xià jiǔ liú
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the lowest professions
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