Nine lines and eight industries
Jiuxingbaye, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ǔ h á NGB ā y è, which means all kinds of industries. It's from what are you thinking.
The origin of Idioms
Gu Xiaoyan's what are you thinking: "in addition to the fairyland in the myth, mining is the most fascinating place, and among the nine trades, miner is the most noble occupation."
Analysis of Idioms
All walks of life
Idiom usage
As an object; of various trades
Chinese PinYin : jiǔ háng bā yè
Nine lines and eight industries
judge the hour and size up the situation. shěn shí duó shì
study by the light of burning rice bran. rán kāng zì zhào
Lift like a feather, take like a pick up. jǔ rú hóng máo,qǔ rú shí yí
work shame-facedly with one's enemies. miǎn yán shì dí
be fraught with grim possibilities. xiōng duō jí shǎo