Meaning
jiānghújiang1 hu2
- rivers and lakes
- all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat
- 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)
- (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde
- (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
Words with 江湖
- 走江湖 zǒujiānghú to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
- 老江湖 lǎojiānghú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
- 闯荡江湖 chuǎngdàngjiānghú to travel around the country
- 浪迹江湖 làngjìjiānghú to roam far and wide
- 跑江湖 pǎojiānghú to make a living as a traveling performer etc
- 江湖骗子 jiānghúpiànzi swindler
- 江湖医生 jiānghúyīshēng unlicensed doctor; quack; back-alley or itinerant practitioner
- 重出江湖 chóngchūjiānghú (of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; t…
- 江湖艺人 jiānghúyìrén itinerant entertainer
- 重现江湖 chóngxiànjiānghú see 重出江湖 (chóng chū jiāng hú)
- 江湖一点诀 jiānghúyīdiǎnjué special technique
- 人在江湖，身不由己 rénzàijiānghú,shēnbùyóujǐ (proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in…