江湖
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]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
Example Sentences
遇到突发重大疾病时一定要前往正规大型医院就诊，切莫听信江湖游医瞎胡乱吃药。
yù dào tū fā zhòng dà jí bìng shí yí dìng yào qián wǎng zhèng guī dà xíng yī yuàn jiù zhěn, qiè mò tīng xìn jiāng hú yóu yī xiā hú luàn chī yào.
When you encounter a serious illness, you must go to a regular large hospital for treatment, and do not listen to charlatan doctors who take medicine indiscriminately.
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