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九流

jiǔ liú

2-character word

What 九流 means

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 {阴阳家|Yīn yáng jiā}, Legalists {法家|Fǎ jiā}, Logicians {名家|Míng jiā}, Mohists {墨家|Mò jiā}, Diplomats {纵横家|Zòng héng jiā}, Miscellaneous {杂家|Zá jiā}, and Agriculturalists {农家|Nóng jiā}

The characters in 九流

• 九jiǔnine; 9
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread

Words containing 九流

• 三教九流sān jiào jiǔ liúthe Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools…
• 下九流xià jiǔ liúthe lowest professions

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 久留to stay for a long time