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| | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
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| | Minister of Ceremonies in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
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| | nine-tenths / ninety percent | |
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| | Grand Servant in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person | |
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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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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art | |
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| | nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done | |
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| | nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) | |
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| | Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life | |
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| | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year | |
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| | nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) | |
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| | the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty | |
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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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| | 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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| | Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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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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| | Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
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| | lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean | |
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| | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight | |
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| | enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces) | |
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| | Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony | |
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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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| | C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998 | |
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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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| | the coldest period of the year / three nine day periods after the winter solstice | |
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| | Supervisor of Attendants in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game | |
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| | Grand Minister of Agriculture in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong (abbr. for 粵港澳大灣區｜粤港澳大湾区) | |
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| | Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | |
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| | A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine | |
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| | Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜｜九尾龟 | |
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| | rare talent / lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river | |
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| | Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China | |
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| | Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong | |
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