江湖
jiāng hú
Pinyin

Definition

江湖
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jiāng hú
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

江
Jiāng
  1. 1 surname Jiang
江南
Jiāng nán
  1. 1 south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. 2 south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. 3 often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. 4 a province during Qing times
  5. 5 in literature, refers to the sunny south
  6. 6 Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
江山
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
江湖
jiāng hú
  1. 1 rivers and lakes
  2. 2 all corners of the country
  3. 3 remote areas to which hermits retreat
  4. 4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
  5. 5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
  6. 6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
  7. 7 demimonde
  8. 8 (in modern times) triads
  9. 9 secret gangster societies
  10. 10 underworld
江苏
Jiāng sū
  1. 1 Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京

Idioms (14)

人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
指点江山
zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
  1. 1 to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
  2. 2 to set the world to rights
  3. 3 to pass judgment on everything
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
  1. 1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
春江水暖鸭先知
chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī
  1. 1 lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows

Sample Sentences

啊？梁朝伟这种老江湖竟然会阴沟里翻船，和我们八卦杂志的女记者约会？
ǎ ？Liáng Cháowěi zhèzhǒng lǎojiānghú jìngrán huì yīngōu lǐ fānchuán ，hé wǒmen bāguà zázhì de nǚ jìzhě yuēhuì ？
Ah, youth is a great commodity to have. Isn't that the good thing about having journalist interns? It's like the Underground Communists-- they can wage war deep in enemy territory.
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去，你这个江湖术士，少来烦我了，我还是赶紧下班回去休息养病吧！
qù ，nǐ zhè ge jiānghúshùshì ，shǎo lái fán wǒ le ，wǒ háishì gǎnjǐn xiàbān huíqu xiūxi yǎngbìng ba ！
Away with you, you quack. Stop annoying me. I'd be better to just hurry up and go home to rest until I'm better!
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哈哈哈！你还说我是江湖术士，要是掉在你这块脏地板都不沾细菌，那母猪都能上树了！
hā hā hā ！nǐ hái shuō wǒ shì jiānghúshùshì ，yàoshì diào zài nǐ zhè kuài zāng dìbǎn dōu bù zhān xìjùn ，nà mǔ zhū dōu néng shàng shù le ！
Ha ha! And you said I'm the quack! If it didn't get covered in germs after dropping on your dirty floor then pigs can fly!
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你真以为自己是江湖人啊？
nǐ zhēn yǐwéi zìjǐ shì jiānghúrén a ？
Hahaha so you really think you are a Jianghu hero?
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人在江湖，身不由己啊！
rénzàijiānghúshēnbùyóujǐ a ！
A man can't help but go with the tide.
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很多白手起家的大老板江湖味都很重。
hěn duō báishǒuqǐjiā de dà lǎobǎn jiānghúwèi dōu hěn zhòng 。
A lot of bosses that started/came from nothing give off a strong gangsta vibe
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江湖味很重
jiānghúwèi hěn zhòng
a strong gansta vibe
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义气本来就带有江湖色彩。《水浒》里的梁山好汉，从严格意义上说，也是一群江湖人物，但我们还是把他们当英雄。
yìqi běnlái jiù dàiyǒu jiānghú sècǎi 。《Shuǐhǔ 》lǐ de Liángshān hǎohàn ，cóng yángé yìyì shàng shuō ，yě shì yīqún jiānghú rénwù ，dàn wǒmen hái shì bǎ tāmen dàng yīngxióng 。
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嗨，人在江湖身不由己。做我们这种买卖就是要担风险的。你想买什么枪？
hāi ，rén zài jiānghú shēnbùyóujǐ 。zuò wǒmen zhèzhǒng mǎimài jiùshì yào dān fēngxiǎn de 。nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénme qiāng ？
Hey, people in this line of work have no choice. When you do this kind of business you have to take risks. Which gun do you wanna buy?
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