九泉
jiǔ quán
Pinyin

Definition

九泉
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jiǔ quán
  1. the nine springs
  2. the underworld of Chinese mythology
  3. Hades

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

九
jiǔ
  1. 1 nine
  2. 2 9
温泉
Wēn quán
  1. 1 Arishang Nahiyisi or Wenquan county in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
马英九
Mǎ Yīng jiǔ
  1. 1 Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
九十
jiǔ shí
  1. 1 ninety

Idioms (11)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean

Sample Sentences

可是只要一天没找到爸爸，我就不死心。哪怕只找到他的尸骨，我想他在九泉之下也可以安息了。
kěshì zhǐyào yī tiān méi zhǎodào bàba ，wǒ jiù bù sǐxīn 。nǎpà zhǐ zhǎodào tāde shīgǔ ，wǒ xiǎng tā zài jiǔquán zhī xià yě kěyǐ ānxī le 。
But I'll never give up until I've found my dad. Even if I just find his remains, I think he'll be able to rest in peace in the underworld.
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