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Character Decomposition
湖=氵+胡
Etymology
water
Meanings
lake
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Words with 湖 233 total
Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan澎湖Péng húHubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces两湖Liǎng HúWest Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang西湖Xī HúLake Tai near Wuxi City, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes太湖Tài Húsalt lake盐湖yán húNeihu District of Taipei City, Taiwan内湖Nèi húfrozen lake冰湖bīng húChao Lake in Hefei 合肥, Anhui巢湖Cháo HúPenghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung彭湖Péng húrivers 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. wǔ xiá) · (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde · (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld江湖jiāng húLos Angeles Lakers湖人Hú rénLake District, north England湖区Hú QūHubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)湖广Hú guǎngcenter of a lake湖心hú xīnlakes and marshes湖沼hú zhǎolake湖泊hú pōlake front湖滨hú bīnlakeside湖畔hú pànlakeside湖边hú biānlagoon潟湖xì húburning lake · lake of burning sulfur · inferno (in Christian mythology)火湖huǒ hú
Idioms with 湖 19 total Chain
to travel around the country闯荡江湖chuǎng dàng jiāng húscenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape湖光山色hú guāng shān sèswindler · itinerant con-man江湖骗子jiāng hú piàn zito roam far and wide · to drift with the wind浪迹江湖làng jì jiāng húa much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world老江湖lǎo jiāng hú
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