江湖
Simplified
江湖
Traditional
江湖
Pinyin
jiāng hú
Definition
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); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc.; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
他跑到江湖去了
Tā pǎo dào jiānghú qù
He ran off into the underworld
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