nine in ten(shí zhī bā jiǔ)

nine in ten

Nine times out of ten, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is sh í zh ī B ā Ji ǔ, which means metaphor has great possibility. From Guangyang Zaji.

The origin of Idioms

The second volume of Guangyang Zaji written by Liu Xianting in Qing Dynasty: "nine times out of ten, all of them are monks. If their names are not right and their words are not right, that's why."

Idiom usage

It's a great possibility.

Chinese PinYin : shí zhī bā jiǔ