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九	jiǔ	nine / 9
玖	jiǔ	black jade / nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
龙生九子	lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ	lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters / good and bad intermingled / It takes all sorts to make a world.
九死一生	jiǔ sǐ yī shēng	nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life
九鼎	Jiǔ Dǐng	the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
九章算术	Jiǔ zhāng Suàn shù	The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
九尾狐	jiǔ wěi hú	nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
少府	shào fǔ	Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
三教九流	sān jiào jiǔ liú	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.)
事半功倍	shì bàn gōng bèi	half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine
一言九鼎	yī yán jiǔ dǐng	one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
九泉	jiǔ quán	the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades
三跪九叩	sān guì jiǔ kòu	to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
九卿	jiǔ qīng	the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)
廷尉	tíng wèi	Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
九牛一毛	jiǔ niú - yī máo	lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
数九寒天	shǔ jiǔ hán tiān	nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
九九归一	jiǔ jiǔ guī yī	nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
德沃夏克	Dé wò xià kè	Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony
九头鸟	jiǔ tóu niǎo	legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person