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nine / 9
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nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
September / ninth month (of the lunar year)
abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)
Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
nine-ball (billiards game)
nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
(idiom) to reach for the stars
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
nine-tenths / ninety percent
September / ninth month
(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
90s generation
multiplication table
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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the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家
Beethoven's Ninth
one ninth
JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway
Jiulong county (Tibetan: brgyad zur rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
pretty close / very near / about right
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
the lowest professions
3-by-3 grid
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
nineteen / 19
the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
tremendous strength (idiom)
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士)
basil
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
nonagon
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan / Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
ninety
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
multiplication tables / (fig.) plan / scheme
nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市, Inner Mongolia
nonagenarian
lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
(medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV疫苗|九价HPV疫苗)
sudoku (puzzle game)
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP
abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
abyss / deep chasm
the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China
most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
the nine top officials (in imperial China)
Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Kowloon Walled City
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle
December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB)
Kowloon City, Hong Kong
(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life
ninth heaven / Highest Heaven
stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
Guangdong and Kowloon (e.g. railway)
the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998
nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages)
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
Guangdong and Kowloon railway
rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades
walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces)
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) / fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation / in dire straits
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
Jiutai, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市, Jilin

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