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九校联盟
Jiǔ Xiào Lián méng
Pinyin
Definition
九校联盟
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Jiǔ Xiào Lián méng
C9 League, alliance of nine prestigious Chinese universities, established in 1998
Character Decomposition
九
丿
㇈
校
木
亠
八
乂
联
耳
丷
一
大
盟
日
月
皿
Related Words
(20)
九
jiǔ
1
nine
2
9
学校
xué xiào
1
school
2
CL:所[suǒ]
校园
xiào yuán
1
campus
马英九
Mǎ Yīng jiǔ
1
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
1
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
九十
jiǔ shí
1
ninety
九寨沟
Jiǔ zhài gōu
1
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
2
Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
九尾狐
jiǔ wěi hú
1
nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
九州
Jiǔ zhōu
1
division of China during earliest dynasties
2
fig. ancient China
3
Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
九成
jiǔ chéng
1
nine-tenths
2
ninety percent
九月
Jiǔ yuè
1
September
2
ninth month (of the lunar year)
九江
Jiǔ jiāng
1
Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
2
also Jiujiang county
九华山
Jiǔ huá shān
1
Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
1
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
2
unimaginably far away
九龙
Jiǔ lóng
1
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
分校
fēn xiào
1
branch of a school
加盟
jiā méng
1
to become a member of an alliance or union
2
to align
3
to join
4
participate
十九
shí jiǔ
1
nineteen
2
19
十有八九
shí yǒu bā jiǔ
1
most likely
2
mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
3
vast majority
同盟
tóng méng
1
alliance
Idioms
(14)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
1
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
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
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
1
to reach for the stars (idiom)
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
1
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
2
new lease of life
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
1
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
2
fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
1
tremendous strength (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
1
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
2
unimaginably far away
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
1
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
2
to swear by all the Gods
弃约背盟
qì yuē bèi méng
1
to abrogate an agreement
2
to break one's oath (idiom)
歃血为盟
shà xuè wéi méng
1
to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom)
2
to swear a sacred oath
海誓山盟
hǎi shì shān méng
1
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
2
to swear by all the Gods
盟山誓海
méng shān shì hǎi
1
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
2
to swear by all the Gods
行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
1
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
2
fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
3
a task is not done until it's done
龙生九子
lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ
1
lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
2
good and bad intermingled
3
It takes all sorts to make a world.
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