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 all parts of the country

1 Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959

1 you can't always do as you like

2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

1 scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape