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江湖
- 1 rivers and lakes
- 2 all corners of the country
- 3 remote areas to which hermits retreat
- 4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
- 5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
- 6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
- 7 demimonde
- 8 (in modern times) triads
- 9 secret gangster societies
- 10 underworld
倒霉蛋儿 | 倒霉蛋兒
- 1 erhua variant: 倒霉蛋 dǎo méi dàn
闽清县 | 閩清縣
- 1 Minqing county in Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1], Fujian
高尔夫球 | 高爾夫球
- 1 golf
- 2 golf ball
格言
- 1 maxim
纪念日 | 紀念日
- 1 day of commemoration
- 2 memorial day
北上广 | 北上廣
- 1 Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
- 2 abbr. for 北京、上海、廣州|北京、上海、广州
莫不
- 1 none doesn't
- 2 there is none who isn't
- 3 everyone
汾西
- 1 Fengxi county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
终点 | 終點
- 1 the end
- 2 end point
- 3 finishing line (in a race)
- 4 destination
- 5 terminus
- 6 classifier: 个 gè
免疫力
- 1 immunity
庄周梦蝶 | 莊周夢蝶
- 1 Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
参谋长 | 參謀長
- 1 chief of staff
砂积矿床 | 砂積礦床
- 1 placer (alluvial deposit containing valuable metals)
一元醇
- 1 methyl alcohol CH3OH
一回生两回熟 | 一回生兩回熟
- 1 see also: 一回生二回熟 yī huí shēng èr huí shú
开城市 | 開城市
- 1 Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
据守天险 | 據守天險
- 1 to guard a natural stronghold
要不是
- 1 if it were not for
- 2 but for
前磨齿 | 前磨齒
- 1 premolar tooth