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From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「九流三教」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「九流三教」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Refers to various schools of thought in religion and academia. It also refers to people from all walks of life in society.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiǔ liú sān jiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gau2 lau4 saam1 gaau3

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