Nine in ten
Shituojiubang, pronounced sh í K à Oji à B à ng, is a Chinese idiom, which refers to torture. It's from Bao Dai Zhi.
explain
Of torture.
source
The second discount of Zheng Tingyu's baodaizhi in Yuan Dynasty: "I want you to torture nine sticks and die for thousands of lives. If you want to kill this grain shooting army, I'll be lucky for you."
usage
Used as a predicate or object; used in writing
Nine in ten
the beam breaking and the rafter falling -- the country being in a stage of ruin - dòng xiǔ cuī bēng
Words are not words, deeds are not far - yán zhī bù wén,xíng zhī bù yuǎn
transcend the worldly and be not gregarious - chāo rán bù qún
be so ashamed that one flushes and sweats - nǎn yán hàn xià
Beat the bull and kill the horse - qiāo niú zǎi mǎ