龍生九子 lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
  2. good and bad intermingled
  3. It takes all sorts to make a world.

CHARACTERS

龍 lóng dragon; symbolic of emperor
生 shēng
HSK 1
life, living, lifetime; birth
九 jiǔ
HSK 1
nine
子 zǐ
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch