Lingaku- rivers and lakes
- all corners of the country
- remote areas to which hermits retreat
- section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
- the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武侠【wǔ xiá】)
- (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
- demimonde
- (in modern times) triads
- secret gangster societies
- underworld
汉语词典Chinese definitions
江湖【jiāng hú, jiāng hu】
- Jiāng Hé江河hé和hú pō湖泊
- nǎi乃Chéng乘piān zhōu扁舟，fú浮Yú于jiāng hú江湖。
- quán泉hé涸，Yú鱼Xiāng相yú与chǔ yú处于Lù陆，Xiāng相xū呴yǐ以shī湿，xiāng rú yǐ mò相濡以沫，bù rú不如xiāng { x i ā n g相{xiāngwàng忘Yú于jiāng hú江湖。
- sì fāng四方zhī之de地
- tài太Fù傅xī牺shū叔Shì士Sūn孙xǐ喜qīng jié清洁jiāng hú江湖zhī之dào zéi盗贼。
- jiāng hú江湖wèi未jìng静，bù kě不可ràng wèi让位；zhì yú至于yì邑Tǔ土，kě可dé得ér而cí辞。
- shì jiān世间，mín jiān民间