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九流 (gau2 lau4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

九流 (gau2 lau4, jiǔ liú) — the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 九七年 (gau2 cat1 nin4) — year 1997
• 九 (gau2) — 1. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
• 九九金 (gau2 gau2 gam1) — 999 gold, very fine gold
• 九個字 (gau2 go3 zi6) — nine characters or words; forty-five minutes
• 九出十三歸 (gau2 ceot1 sap6 saam1 gwai1) — a loanshark term, meaning when one borrows ten dollars, one only received nine,…
• 九十九 (gau2 sap6 gau2) — ninety-nine

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