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. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]{mou5 haap6})
Meanings
1rivers and lakes
2all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat
3section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]{mou5 haap6})
4(in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde
5(in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld