九州
Jiǔ zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

九州
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Jiǔ zhōu
  1. division of China during earliest dynasties
  2. fig. ancient China
  3. Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiǔ
  1. 1 nine
  2. 2 9
Guǎng zhōu
  1. 1 Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
  2. 2 Canton
Guǎng zhōu shì
  1. 1 Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
  2. 2 Canton
Dé zhōu
  1. 1 Dezhou prefecture-level city in Shandong
  2. 2 abbr. for 德克薩斯州|德克萨斯州, Texas
Háng zhōu
  1. 1 Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China

Idioms (10)

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