1 south of Changjiang or Yangtze river

2 south of the lower reaches of Changjiang

3 often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces

4 a province during Qing times

5 in literature, refers to the sunny south

6 Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)

1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang

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 Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京

1 Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州

1 you can't always do as you like

2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)

2 (fig.) all over China

1 one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused

2 disconcerted

3 upset

1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation

2 cutting the Gordian knot

1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation

2 cutting the Gordian knot