jiǔ zhōu

九 州

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n.nine administrative divisions of ancient China
- bù yào zài fēng fēng huǒ huǒ de chuǎng jiǔ zhōu le
  不要再风风火火地闯九州了。
  Don't rush into Kyushu again.
synonym
jiǔ yòu九囿
2
n.a poetic name for China
- jiǔ zhōu shēng qì shì fēng léi wàn mǎ qí yīn jiū kě āi
  九州生气恃风雷，万马齐喑究可哀。
  Only in wind and thunder can the country show its vitality, alas, the ten thousand horses all muted!
3
n.Kyushu one of the four main islands in Japan
- wǒ méi yǒu qù guo rì běn de jiǔ zhōu
  我没有去过日本的九州。
  I have never been to Kyushu in Japan.

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