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

(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things; (of sth that was once popular) to be resurrected; to make a comeback

see 東湖區|东湖区[Dong1 hu2 Qu1]

Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces

see 亭湖區|亭湖区[Ting2 hu2 Qu1]

Neihu District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan

frozen lake

see 北湖區|北湖区[Bei3 hu2 Qu1]

see 南湖區|南湖区[Nan2 hu2 Qu1]

see 博湖縣|博湖县[Bo2 hu2 Xian4]

see 雙湖縣|双湖县[Shuang1 hu2 Xian4]

Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1], bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes

see 太湖縣|太湖县[Tai4 hu2 Xian4]

Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2], Anhui

see 巢湖市[Chao2 hu2 Shi4]

see 平湖市[Ping2 hu2 Shi4]

see 建湖縣|建湖县[Jian4 hu2 Xian4]

Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung

see 月湖區|月湖区[Yue4 hu2 Qu1]

see 洪湖市[Hong2 hu2 Shi4]

see 溪湖區|溪湖区[Xi1 hu2 Qu1]

see 濱湖區|滨湖区[Bin1 hu2 Qu1]

lagoon

Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

burning lake; lake of burning sulfur; inferno (in Christian mythology)

salt lake

lagoon

see 羅湖區|罗湖区[Luo2 hu2 Qu1]

see 蕪湖市|芜湖市[Wu2 hu2 Shi4]

see 蓮湖區|莲湖区[Lian2 hu2 Qu1]

West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1], Zhejiang

see 西湖區|西湖区[Xi1 hu2 Qu1]

see 金湖縣|金湖县[Jin1 hu2 Xian4]

see 鏡湖區|镜湖区[Jing4 hu2 Qu1]

see 雨湖區|雨湖区[Yu3 hu2 Qu1]

see 鼎湖區|鼎湖区[Ding3 hu2 Qu1]

see 龍湖區|龙湖区[Long2 hu2 Qu1]

see 東西湖區|东西湖区[Dong1 xi1 hu2 Qu1]

Lake Chad

the Great Lakes (of North America)

artificial lake

Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]

Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]

see 草海[Cao3 hai3]

Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959

Lake Constance (between Germany, Austria and Switzerland)

Hulun Lake of Inner Mongolia

salt lake

barrier lake; landslide dam; dammed lake