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1
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江湖
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jiānghú
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- 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 wǔxiá)
- (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde
- (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
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2
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一點
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yīdiǎn
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- a bit; a little bit
- (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
- (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er
- a point (in a discussion etc)
- (calligraphy) dot stroke (、)
- one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾 yīdiǎnzhōng)
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3
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訣
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jué
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- to bid farewell
- tricks of the trade
- pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣 on guerrilla warfare)
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