九十
jiǔ shí
Pinyin
Definition
九十
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- ninety
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 lack of sticking power
- 4 short attention span
Sample Sentences
不管你几岁，你可能六十岁，九十岁，你都在学习新的东西。
No matter how old you are, you can be sixty or ninety years old, but you'll still be learning something new.
九十后上海市民小陈说，这样既方便又「心里有数」的上门回收，让她觉得环保是「举手之劳」，「旧物回收又环保还能折价，何乐不为」
中国人民解放军建军九十周年阅兵中央电视台解说词
CCTV commentary on the inspection of the troops on the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the China's People's Liberation Army
今天，驻训朱日和的精锐部队，带着建军九十年的历史荣耀，带着强军的时代担当，集结在阅兵场，接受党和人民检阅，接受习主席检阅，向党和人民宣誓：听党指挥、能打胜仗、作风优良。
Today, the elite troops stationed at Zhurihe, bring glory to the 90 year history since the establishment of the People's Liberation Army, assuming their roles in the era of military might, gathering on the inspection field, to be observed by the Party and the people, and inspected by President Xi Jinping, and swearing an oath to the Party and the people: to listen to the party's instructions, to be victorious in war, and to engage in great work styles.
上午九点，庆祝中国人民解放军建军九十周年阅兵在朱日和联合训练基地举行。这是新中国成立以来第一次为建军节举行的阅兵，我们看到了抓铁有痕、踏石留印的国防和军队改革带给中国军队的新气象
At 9 in the morning, the military parade held at Zhurihe and the joint exercises base celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. This is the first time a military inspection has been held on Army Day since the formation of the new China, we see an excellent level of achievement for national defense and the new image that the army reform is bringing to the national troops.
只要能赚到钱，这钱我交，这个月我省点就行了，现在家里都盼着我能早点赚到钱，我一定要混出个样子来。（张铁柱从衣服内袋里掏出一个塑料袋，层层剥开，数出一沓小面值的钞票点给骗子），唉，这里是九十八块五，已经是我身上所有的钱了，来，你拿着，带我去厂里吧。
As long as I can earn money, I can hand over the deposit. I'll just have to economize a bit this month. My family are all looking to me to earn some money as soon as possible, so I should really make good on it. (Zhang Tiezhu fishes out a plastic bag from an inside pocket, unwraps it layer by layer, and counts out a wad of small face-value notes for the con man). Agh, Here's 98.50. That's all the money I have on me. Here, take it, bring me to the factory.
传统绍兴黄酒的酿造基本遵循"天有时，地有气，材有美，工有巧"的规律。以精白糯米、上等小麦和鉴湖原水为材料，每逢农历七月制酒药、八月做麦麴、九月糟酒酿，等到立冬便投料开酿，用老绍兴独特的复式发酵工艺发酵九十余天。来年立冬开始压榨、煎酒，然后泥封贮藏，经过数年乃至数十年的存贮，才会有如花雕女儿红、善酿等酒中佳品。
The brewing of traditional Shaoxing huangjiu essentially respects the rules governing "the difference in the seasons and in the local environment, the quality of material and the level of skill in any craft," as referred to in the Book of Rites. They use pure white glutinous rice, top-grade wheat and unpurified water from Jian Lake as raw ingredients. In the seventh month of the lunar year they make the brewer's yeast. Then in the eighth month of the lunar year they make the wheat yeast or "qu". And in the ninth month they ferment the glutinous rice wine, and it is not until the start of winter that they put in the grain to start the brewing process, using the traditional Shaoxing compound fermentation craft for over ninety days. At the start of winter in the following year, they start to press it, then heat the alcohol, then they seal it in jars with clay and store it away. Only after several years, or even several decades of aging, do you get a high-quality alcohol like the Huadiao, Nuerhong or Shanniang varieties of huangjiu.
九十九
ninety-nine