江湖 meaning in English
江湖
1.(旧时指各处流浪卖艺、 卖药等生活的人) itinerant entertainers, quacks, etc.
2.(这种人所从事的行业) trade of such people
Examples
- Your wandering girl is fine and happy .
您那漂泊江湖的女儿很好,很快乐。 - I simply spat my contempt and threw the drug back to the quack .
我愤怒地表示了我的蔑视,把药扔回给那个江湖医生。 - Hard-working medical men may come to be almost as mischievous as quacks .
辛勤工作的医生可能变成江湖郎中那样的骗子。 - When you go to the fair , beware of the quacks selling spurious medicinal herbs .
你赶集的时候,当心卖假草药的江湖医生。 - I hasten to add, to anticipate possible misconception, that he was not the least of a charlatan .
为了避免可能引起的误解,我得赶紧指出,他决不是一个惯于招摇撞骗的江湖郎中。