Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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江湖 | 江湖 | Jiānghú | - rivers and lakes - around the whole country - cf 两江 and 两湖, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan provinces in Qing times - vagrant - itinerant (esp. entertainer, swindler, quack doctor etc) |
走江湖 | 走江湖 | zǒujiānghú | - to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer) |
跑江湖 | 跑江湖 | pǎojiānghú | - to make a living as a traveling performer etc |
江湖艺人 | 江湖藝人 | jiānghúyìrén | - itinerant entertainer |
江湖医生 | 江湖醫生 | Jiānghúyīshēng | - quack - charlatan - itinerant doctor and swindler |
江湖骗子 | 江湖騙子 | jiānghúpiànzi | - swindler - itinerant con-man |
浪迹江湖 | 浪跡江湖 | làngjìjiānghú | - to roam far and wide - to drift with the wind |
闯荡江湖 | 闖蕩江湖 | chuǎngdàngjiānghú | - to travel around the country |
人在江湖,身不由己 | 人在江湖,身不由己 | rénzàijiānghú,shēnbùyóujǐ | - you can't always do as you like - one has to compromise in this world (idiom) |
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