九九消寒图

九九消寒圖
jiǔjiǔxiāohántú

Nine by Nine Diagram (a copybook containing nine Chinese characters with nine strokes each, which people draw one stroke a day from winter solstice till 12th March next year)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 九九 jiǔjiǔ
  1. (literary) last of the nine nine-day periods; ninth nine-day period
  2. (literary) nine nine-day periods (eighty-one days) starting from a solstice (usually the winter solstice)
  3. Alternative term for 重陽節／重阳节 (Chóngyángjié, “Double Ninth Festival”).
  4. eighty-one; nine nines
  5. last of the nine nine-day periods; ninth nine-day period
  6. multiplication table; nine-nine
  7. nine nine-day periods (eighty-one days) starting from a solstice (usually the winter solstice)
2 消 xiāo
  1. to diminish; to subside
  2. to consume; to reduce
  3. to idle away (the time)
  4. (after 不 bù or 只 zhǐ or 何 hé etc) to need; to require; to take
3 寒 hán
  1. cold
  2. poor
  3. to tremble
4 图 tú
  1. diagram
  2. picture
  3. drawing
  4. chart
  5. map
  6. to plan
  7. to scheme
  8. to attempt
  9. to pursue
  10. to seek

classifier: 張