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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

湖

hú

1 lake
2 classifier: 个 gè
3 classifier: 片 piàn

湖南

Hú nán

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

Idioms (12)

一个天南，一个地北

yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

人在江湖，身不由己

rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ

1 you can't always do as you like
2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

北叟失马

běi sǒu shī mǎ

1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2 fig. a blessing in disguise
3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

南征北伐

nán zhēng běi fá

1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

南征北战

nán zhēng běi zhàn

1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Sample Sentences

那湖是"湖南"还是"湖北"？

nà hú shì "Húnán "háishi "Húběi "？

Then is 'hu' for Hunan or Hubei?

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没有“湖”，湖南是“湘”。湖北是......我也想不起来了。

méiyǒu “hú ”，Húnán shì “Xiāng ”。Húběi shì ......wǒ yě xiǎng bu qǐlái le 。

There's no 'hu'. Hunan is 'Xiang'. Hubei is...I can't think of it either.

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去年看了佛教名山，今年要不去感受一下道教，比如湖北的武当山，四大道教名山之首。

qùnián kàn le fójiào míngshān ，jīnniān yàobu qù gǎnshòu yīxià Dàojiào ，bǐrú Húběi de Wǔdāngshān ，sìdà Dàojiào míngshān zhī shǒu 。

Last year we saw the famous Buddhist mountains. How about this year we experience a bit of Taoism? For example, Wudang Mountain in Hubei; the principle mountain of the four Taoist mountains.

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