九流
jiǔ liú
Pinyin
Definition
九流
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- 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)
- 1 nine
- 2 9
- 1 to exchange
- 2 exchange
- 3 communication
- 4 interaction
- 5 to have social contact (with sb)
- 1 to flow
- 2 to disseminate
- 3 to circulate or spread
- 4 to move or drift
- 5 to degenerate
- 6 to banish or send into exile
- 7 stream of water or sth resembling one
- 8 class, rate or grade
- 1 meteor
- 2 shooting star
- 1 meteor shower
Idioms (20)
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