江湖

jiāng hú

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

Words Containing 江湖

• 人在江湖，身不由己 rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ: you can't always do as you like
• 江湖一点诀 jiāng hú yī diǎn jué: special technique
• 江湖艺人 jiāng hú yì rén: itinerant entertainer
• 江湖医生 jiāng hú yī shēng: quack
• 江湖骗子 jiāng hú piàn zi: swindler
• 浪迹江湖 làng jì jiāng hú: to roam far and wide
• 老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú: a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
• 走江湖 zǒu jiāng hú: to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
• 跑江湖 pǎo jiāng hú: to make a living as a traveling performer etc
• 重出江湖 chóng chū jiāng hú: (of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things
• 重现江湖 chóng xiàn jiāng hú: see 重出江湖[chóng chū jiāng hú]
• 闯荡江湖 chuǎng dàng jiāng hú: to travel around the country

Child Words of 江湖

• 江 jiāng: river
• 湖 hú: lake