江湖 (jiānghú) — the wider world of wanderers and outsiders; the martial-arts underworld of fiction

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 詞

江湖 word · TOCFL 6 (est.)

江湖＝江＋湖

ㄐㄧㄤㄏㄨˊ · jiānghú

noun — the wider world of wanderers and outsiders; the martial-arts underworld of fiction

字源 FORM — what the parts do

江river (長江)jiāng

湖lake (湖水)hú

江湖，長江的江，湖水的湖。

一條江（江）、一片湖（湖），漂到哪算哪——四處走的人都在這裡。

One river (江), one lake (湖), drifting wherever they lead — the wandering folk all live out here.