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八九不離十 almost (你這個活兒做到八九不離十了 your work is almost done already);
八成兒 80%, greater part, most probably;
八成兒要下雨 most probably it will rain;
八八六十四 8×8 = 64, clearly, mechanically;
八字不見一撇 half of the character 八 is missing (of discussion too far away from the subject);
聖賢已是八字打開了 “the character 八 is quite open”(sages have made it quite clear);
八字鬚，眉，腳 moustache, eyebrows, feet shaped or turned like the character 八;
八開 [ba1kai1]↓;
八節 the four equinoxes and solstices;
八寶 eight kinds of precious ingredients, see 八寶飯 [ba1bao3fan4]↓;
八仙 the Eight (Taoist) Immortals;
see 八仙桌 [ba1xian1zhuo1]↓.
(2) All around, all sides: 八面玲瓏 (of speech) cover all sides beautifully, (of character) manage to please everybody;
八面威風 make magnificent appearance;
八面週全 satisfactory to every detail;
八下裡去 all broken apart;
八方 eight points of the compass;
八表，八荒，八紘 all outlying areas (of China), on all sides.
2.八寶飯 [ba1bao3fan4], n., rice pudding with raisin and various nuts and seeds; 八寶 name given to things made of excellent ingredients, such as 八寶印 泥 90S.22, seal ink.
3.八拜（之）交 [ba1bai4]([zhi1])[jiao1], n., sworn brother, sister.
4.八重奏 [ba1chong2zou4], n., octet.
5.八大山人 [ba1da4shan1ren2], n., painter of 17th cen.
6.八斗（才） [ba1dou3]([cai2]), n., (praise) very gifted writer.
7.八度 [ba1du4], n., octave.
8.八分（書） [ba1fen1]([shu1]), n., style of script, balanced right and left, of Hahn Dyn.; a form of 隸書 10S.02.
9.八分音符 [ba1fen1yin1fu2], n., (mus.) quaver.
10.八分儀 [ba1fen1yi2], n., (math.) octant.
11.八哥兒 [ba1ge1er0], n., the mynah.
12.八卦 [ba1gua4], n., the eight diagrams, consisting of arrangement of continuous and broken lines in three lines each, symbolizing changing balance of forces and used in divination, as follows: 乾 (≡)，兌 (≡)，離 (≡)，震 (≡)，巽 (≡)，坎 (≡)，艮 (≡)，坤 (≡); cf. 五行 31.30.
13.八股 [ba1gu3], n., prescribed form of essays in civil examinations, requiring strictly eight paragraphs, notorious for conformity; rigmarole writing surfeited with tiresome clichés (新八股，黨八股).
14.八行書 [ba1hang2shu1], n., letter of recommendation for post; formal, brief letter of eight lines.
15.八角 [ba1jiao3], adj., octagonal; adj., 八角 (茴香) n., star-aniseed; adj., 八角楓 a kind of maple, Marlea platanifolia; 八角形 octagon, -al.
16.八進法 [ba1jin4fa3], n., (math.) octonary scale.
17.八爪魚 [ba1zhao3yU2], n., (pop.) octopus.
18.八開 [ba1kai1], n., (printing) octavo.
19.八面體 [ba1mian4ti3], n., (math.) octahedron.
20.八仙花 [ba1xian1hua1], n., (bot.) Hydrangea hortensia.
21.八仙桌（子） [ba1xian1zhuo1]([zi0]), n., a square dinner table seating eight.
22.八字 [ba1zi4], n., the horoscope; eight cyclical characters giving year, month, day and hour of birth: 問八字 to consult horoscope; 八字帖兒 card of horoscope presented by candidate for betrothal; 八字不合 horoscopes (of proposed couple) do not agree.
23.八言 [ba1yan2], n., poem of eight character lines.
24.八佾 [ba1yi4], n., (AC) a dance with eight formations of dancers.
25.八音 [ba1yin1], n., eight categories of instrument in anc. orchestra (metal, stone, string, bamboo, gourd, clay, leather, wood).
26.八月 [ba1yUe4], n., August.