江湖
Dictionary entry
rivers and lakes
What does 江湖 mean?
江湖 (jiāng hú) has the following dictionary meaning.
1rivers and lakes
2all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat
3section 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])
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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