九州
Jiǔ zhōu
Pinyin
Definition
九州
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- division of China during earliest dynasties
- fig. ancient China
- Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 nine
- 2 9
- 1 Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
- 2 Canton
- 1 Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
- 2 Canton
- 1 Dezhou prefecture-level city in Shandong
- 2 abbr. for 德克薩斯州|德克萨斯州, Texas
- 1 Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
Idioms (10)
一言九鼎
- 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
三旬九食
- 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
九天揽月
- 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
九死一生
- 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- 2 new lease of life
九牛一毛
- 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- 2 fig. a drop in the ocean