江湖
Definitions
- 1. rivers and lakes
- 2. all corners of the country
- 3. remote areas to which hermits retreat
- 4. section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
- 5. the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
- 6. (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
- 7. demimonde
- 8. (in modern times) triads
- 9. secret gangster societies
- 10. underworld
- 11. the world of martial artists and its social ties (fictional context)
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Words Containing 江湖
you can't always do as you like
special technique
itinerant entertainer
quack
swindler
to roam far and wide
a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
to make a living as a traveling performer etc
(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things
see 重出江湖[chóng chū jiāng hú]
to travel around the country