江
湖
江
湖
Definitions2 characters lakes/all corners country; hermits retreat/section society operating independently mainstream society, ; (cf. 武俠 武侠wu³ xia²)/(in imperial times) traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers ; demimonde/(in times) ; gangster societies; underworld
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations
江
湖
As word
1rivers 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. 武俠|武侠 [wu3 xia2])/(in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde/(in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
2rivers 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. 武俠|武侠 [wu3 xia2])/(in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde/(in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld