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江湖
Jiānghú
1.
rivers and lakes
2.
around the whole country
3.
cf [[两江]] and [[两湖]], Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan provinces in Qing times
4.
vagrant
5.
itinerant (esp. entertainer, swindler, quack doctor etc)
Common • Top 9%
Noun
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (8)
走江湖
zǒujiānghú
to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
跑江湖
pǎojiānghú
to make a living as a traveling performer etc
江湖艺人
jiānghúyìrén
itinerant entertainer
江湖医生
Jiānghúyīshēng
quack
江湖骗子
jiānghúpiànzi
swindler
浪迹江湖
làngjìjiānghú
to roam far and wide
闯荡江湖
chuǎngdàngjiānghú
to travel around the country
人在江湖，身不由己
rénzàijiānghú,shēnbùyóujǐ
you can't always do as you like
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Word Frequency Rank
- 7,830 of 84,292