「江湖」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: gong1 wu4
Individual
Character Meaning:
big river
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.) jan4zoi6gong1wu4san1bat1jau4gei2
    (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)
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