1 to prick

2 to run or stick (a needle etc) into

3 jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)

1 to struggle

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 Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[È], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wǔ hàn]

1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)

2 a lot of noise but no action

1 you can't always do as you like

2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

1 to be in a thundering rage (idiom)

1 deathbed struggle

2 final struggle (idiom)

1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear

2 a well-known reputation (idiom)