江湖
Meanings
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- 1.rivers and lakes
- 2.all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat
- 3.section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武侠[wǔ xiá])
- 4.(in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde
- 5.(in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
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Wiktionary
- 1.rivers and lakes
- 2.all corners of the country; (around) the whole country
- 3.society, community
- 4.wandering life; private and plebian domain beyond the control of the government; underworld
- 5.place of residence of a hermit; reclusive place
- 6.vagrant; itinerant (entertainer, quack doctor, swindler etc.)
- 7.old experienced person; man of experience
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跑江湖 to make a living as a traveling performer etc走江湖 to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)老江湖 a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world闯荡江湖 to travel around the country江湖骗子 swindler江湖艺人 itinerant entertainer浪迹江湖 to roam far and wide重现江湖 see 重出江湖[chóng chū jiāng hú]江湖医生 unlicensed doctor; quack; back-alley or itinerant practitioner重出江湖 (of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things江湖一点诀 special technique人在江湖，身不由己 (proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world