1 east and west

1 rivers and lakes

2 all corners of the country

3 remote areas to which hermits retreat

4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law

5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])

6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc

7 demimonde

8 (in modern times) triads

9 secret gangster societies

10 underworld

1 lake

2 classifier: 个 gè

3 classifier: 片 piàn

1 Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā]

1 the West

2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]

3 Spanish

1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

1 you can't always do as you like

2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

1 to go separate ways (idiom)

2 to part ways with sb

3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]

1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)