1 nine

2 9

1 tail

2 remainder

3 remnant

4 extremity

5 sixth of the 28 constellations

6 classifier for fish

1 tail

2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]

1 fox

2 fig. sly and treacherous person

1 Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016

1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation

3 in dire straits

1 to reach for the stars (idiom)

1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape

2 new lease of life

1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)

2 fig. a drop in the ocean