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| | September / ninth month (of the lunar year) | |
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| | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
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| | Kowloon district of Hong Kong | |
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| | Kowloon City, Hong Kong | |
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| | Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan / Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan | |
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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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| | the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens | |
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| | basil | |
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| | nineteen / 19 | |
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| | 3-by-3 grid | |
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| | nine-tenths / ninety percent | |
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| | Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan | |
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| | ninety | |
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| | Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology | |
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| | (idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success | |
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| | abalone (Haliotis diversicolor) | |
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| | beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away | |
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| | Chiuju township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan | |
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| | tremendous strength (idiom) | |
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| | legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person | |
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| | the lowest professions | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world. | |
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| | the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China | |
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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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| | Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省 | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | multiplication table | |
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| | The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆 | |
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| | Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP | |
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| | Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan | |
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| | abyss / deep chasm | |
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| | nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | pretty close / very near / about right | |
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| | Jiulongpo, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆 | |
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| | Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains | |
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| | nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) | |
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| | the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty | |
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| | December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression | |
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| | one ninth | |
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| | (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory | |
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| | nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life | |
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| | (Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) | |
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| | most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority | |
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| | brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB) | |
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| | ninth heaven / Highest Heaven | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) | |
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| | nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆 | |
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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 | |
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| | lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean | |
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| | Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle | |
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| | the Nine Ministers (in imperial China) | |
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| | most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority | |
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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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| | abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor) | |
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| | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
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| | multiplication tables / (fig.) plan / scheme | |
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| | the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month) | |
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| | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight | |
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| | pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes) | |
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| | Guangdong and Kowloon railway | |
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| | Jiutai District of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin | |
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| | stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution) | |
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| | enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces) | |
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| | Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
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| | 10% off (price) | |
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| | 1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China | |
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| | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | |
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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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| | (medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV 疫苗|九价HPV 疫苗) | |
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| | Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) (abbr. for 九龍巴士|九龙巴士) | |
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| | (idiom) to reach for the stars | |
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| | Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei | |
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| | C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998 | |
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| | nonagon | |
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| | 90s generation | |
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| | Kowloon Walled City | |
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| | JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway | |
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| | Beethoven's Ninth | |
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| | Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016 | |
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| | Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies | |
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| | Jiuyuan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | Jiutai District of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin | |
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| | Jiugongshan town in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture-level city 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei | |
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| | sudoku (puzzle game) | |
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| | Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan | |
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| | Jiuyi Mountains in Hunan on the border with Guangdong | |
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| | nonagenarian | |
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| | September / ninth month | |
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| | nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) | |
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| | nine-ball (billiards game) | |
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| | The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒) | |
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