九龙城寨
Jiǔ lóng Chéng zhài
Pinyin

Definition

九龙城寨
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Jiǔ lóng Chéng zhài
  1. Kowloon Walled City

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

九
jiǔ
  1. 1 nine
  2. 2 9
城
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
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
九寨沟
Jiǔ zhài gōu
  1. 1 Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
  2. 2 Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
九尾狐
jiǔ wěi hú
  1. 1 nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
九州
Jiǔ zhōu
  1. 1 division of China during earliest dynasties
  2. 2 fig. ancient China
  3. 3 Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
九月
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
九江
Jiǔ jiāng
  1. 1 Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
  2. 2 also Jiujiang county
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
京城
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
倾城
qīng chéng
  1. 1 coming from everywhere
  2. 2 from all over the place
  3. 3 gorgeous (of woman)
  4. 4 to ruin and overturn the state
全城
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city
十九
shí jiǔ
  1. 1 nineteen
  2. 2 19
十有八九
shí yǒu bā jiǔ
  1. 1 most likely
  2. 2 mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
  3. 3 vast majority
南城
Nán chéng
  1. 1 Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
古城
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
商城
Shāng chéng
  1. 1 see 商城縣|商城县[Shāng chéng xiàn]
围城
Wéi chéng
  1. 1 Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鐘書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial

Idioms (20)

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
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
引狗入寨
yǐn gǒu rù zhài
  1. 1 to lead the dog into the village (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
村村寨寨
cūn cūn zhài zhài
  1. 1 every village and stockade (idiom)
满城风雨
mǎn chéng fēng yǔ
  1. 1 lit. wind and rain through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal
  2. 2 an uproar
  3. 3 the talk of the town
众志成城
zhòng zhì chéng chéng
  1. 1 unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
  1. 1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. 2 to put up a desperate struggle
胸有城府
xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom
  2. 2 deep and shrewd

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