九流
jiǔ liú
Pinyin

Definition

九流
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jiǔ liú
  1. the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Rú jiā], Daoists 道家[Dào jiā], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yīn yáng jiā], Legalists 法家[Fǎ jiā], Logicians 名家[Míng jiā], Mohists 墨家[Mò jiā], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zòng héng jiā], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Zá jiā], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nóng jiā]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiǔ
  1. 1 nine
  2. 2 9
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
liú
  1. 1 to flow
  2. 2 to disseminate
  3. 3 to circulate or spread
  4. 4 to move or drift
  5. 5 to degenerate
  6. 6 to banish or send into exile
  7. 7 stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. 8 class, rate or grade
liú xīng
  1. 1 meteor
  2. 2 shooting star
liú xīng yǔ
  1. 1 meteor shower

Idioms (20)

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