"Ninety" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 九十 | jiǔ shí | ninety |  |
| 九成 | jiǔ chéng | nine-tenths / ninety percent | |
| 行百里者半九十 | xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí | lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done | |
| 退避三舍 | tuì bì - sān shè | lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun / to assiduously avoid | |
