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江湖

jiāng hú

2-character word

What 江湖 means

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

The characters in 江湖

• 江jiāngriver
• 湖húlake

Words starting with 江湖

• 江湖艺人jiāng hú yì rénitinerant entertainer
• 江湖医生jiāng hú yī shēngunlicensed doctor; quack; back-alley or itinerant practitioner
• 江湖骗子jiāng hú piàn ziswindler; itinerant con-man
• 江湖一点诀jiāng hú yī diǎn juéspecial technique; trick of the trade; knack

Words containing 江湖

• 老江湖lǎo jiāng húa much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
• 走江湖zǒu jiāng húto travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
• 跑江湖pǎo jiāng húto make a living as a traveling performer etc
• 浪迹江湖làng jì jiāng húto roam far and wide; to drift with the wind
• 重出江湖chóng chū jiāng hú(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity…
• 闯荡江湖chuǎng dàng jiāng húto travel around the country
• 人在江湖，身不由己rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
• 重现江湖chóng xiàn jiāng húsee 重出江湖