「江湖」

Entry #1
Pronunciation：	gong1 wu4
Individual Character Meaning：	江 big river 湖 lake
Part of Speech：	noun
Explanation：	a concept of space, the places amount rivers and lakes, that means the large area of all provinces and countries. Literally, rivers and lakes (Cant.) 闖蕩江湖 (Eng.) to adventure through out the provinces and countries originated from the loose community formed by buskers, craftsmen, artisans, doctors, etc that roaming across rivers and lakes between provinces, figuratively the industry, the profession community, the underworld, the world of secret societies, criminality and secret loyalties. (Cant.) 江湖賣藝 (Eng.) nomadic artist; buskers (Cant.) 江湖規矩 (Eng.) rules of industry/secret society (Cant.) 老江湖 (Eng.) an experienced participator in the industry or profession community (Cant.) 江湖好漢 (Eng.) the hero from the world of secret societies (Cant.) 江湖追殺令 (Eng.) to post rewards amount the outlaw's community for someone's head a type of social space or norm concept, that the set of rules or space of civilians to do activity or make a living where the government would not or cannot fully control; figuratively the space and norm of industry, underworld, secret societies, criminality and secret loyalties. (Cant.) 行走江湖 (Eng.) to make a living or do activity in an alternative society or under norms of a specify industry (Cant.) 人jan4在zoi6江gong1湖wu4，身san1不bat1由jau4己gei2 (Eng.) a saying which implies that one's life is bound by rules, that one does not have freedom to act unofficial issues; unlicensed personnel, may be a pretender or a fraudulent (Cant.) 江湖傳聞 (Eng.) rumor and hearsay amount the community (Cant.) 江湖術士 (Eng.) a mountebank, a swindler (Cant.) 江湖郎中 (Eng.) a quack, an unofficial doctor
See also：	古惑仔叱吒風雲楚河漢界浪跡天涯遊戲人間邪魔外道金盆洗手黑白兩道黑道龍虎鬥 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
Copyrights：	© 2021 Hong Kong Lexicography Limited - License

Report an issue Code

Problem type:
Details:
電郵地址	上面呢個欄位係用嚟隔走啲bot嘅。如果你唔係bot，請唔好填寫任何嘢。

(pos:名詞)
<explanation>
yue:空間概念，穿梭各地嘅江河湖泊，比喻可通往各州各省嘅廣闊空間
eng:a concept of space, the places amount rivers and lakes, that means the large area of all provinces and countries. Literally, rivers and lakes
<eg>
yue:闖蕩江湖
eng:to adventure through out the provinces and countries
----
<explanation>
yue:一個鬆散社群概念，原指賣藝者、賣武者、醫師、工匠等民間技師社群，因經常要穿州過省揾食，不受一地政府管束，維生方法同流動都相對自由；引伸指業界、武俠、黑社會等官府同平民以外嘅群體
eng:originated from the loose community formed by buskers, craftsmen, artisans, doctors, etc that roaming across rivers and lakes between provinces, figuratively the industry, the profession community, the underworld, the world of secret societies, criminality and secret loyalties.
<eg>
yue:江湖賣藝
eng:nomadic artist; buskers
<eg>
yue:江湖規矩
eng:rules of industry/secret society
<eg>
yue:老江湖
eng:an experienced participator in the industry or profession community
<eg>
yue:江湖好漢
eng:the hero from the world of secret societies
<eg>
yue:江湖追殺令
eng:to post rewards amount the outlaw's community for someone's head
----
<explanation>
yue:一個社會空間或民間制度概念，官府唔會或唔能夠完全控制嘅民間活動同揾食空間，及隨之衍生嘅矩則；引伸到業界、武俠、黑社會呢種另類秩序
eng:a type of social space or norm concept, that the set of rules or space of civilians to do activity or make a living where the government would not or cannot fully control; figuratively the space and norm of industry, underworld, secret societies, criminality and secret loyalties.
<eg>
yue:行走江湖
eng:to make a living or do activity in an alternative society or under norms of a specify industry
<eg>
yue:人在江湖，身不由己 (jan4 zoi6 gong1 wu4, san1 bat1 jau4 gei2)
eng:a saying which implies that one's life is bound by rules, that one does not have freedom to act
----
<explanation>
yue:指未得官方認可、可能有欺騙成份嘅人同事
eng:unofficial issues; unlicensed personnel, may be a pretender or a fraudulent
<eg>
yue:江湖傳聞
eng:rumor and hearsay amount  the community
<eg>
yue:江湖術士
eng:a mountebank, a swindler
<eg>
yue:江湖郎中
eng:a quack, an unofficial doctor

「江湖」

Example Sentence