1 to aspire to the throne

2 to aim at (the first place etc)

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 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

1 you can't always do as you like

2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

1 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)

2 hubbub

3 brouhaha

1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)

1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power