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老江湖
/ lǎo jiāng hú /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
遇到老江湖
2
也算是老江湖
3
不愧是个老江湖
4
一个老江湖
Definition
老江湖
Literally means:
old Jiang Hu
Actually means:
worldly-wise person
江湖, generally various different places.
This phrase describes someone with such characteristics as: having traveled extensively, full of life experience, sophisticated in handling business and people, being able to please others while personally taking little responsibilities or disadvantages.
江湖，泛指四方各地。
老江湖，指有如下特点的人:长时间在各个地方闯荡，有丰富的人生经验，待人做事十分圆滑，既能敷衍、讨好别人，自己又可以不负责任或不吃亏。
Example
Used as subject or object. (作主语、宾语)
1
Zhège
这个
lǎo
老
jiānghú
江湖
shí
十
fēn
分
jīngmíng
精明
,
shì
是
zhècì
这次
tánpàn
谈判
zhōng
中
zuì
最
nán
难
duìfu
对付
de
的
,
suǒyǐ
所以
nǐ
你
yīdìng
一定
yào
要
yǒu
有
sīxiǎng
思想
zhǔnbèi
准备
。
This old river and lake is very shrewd, is the most difficult to deal with in this negotiation, so you must be prepared.
2
Tāmen
他们
pài
派
qù
去
gèdì
各地
gǎo
搞
tuīxiāo
推销
de
的
,
gègè
个个
dōu
都
shì
是
jīngyàn
经验
fēngfù
丰富
de
的
lǎo
老
jiānghú
江湖
,
hěnkuài
很快
jiù
就
dǎkāi
打开
le
了
júmiàn
局面
。
They sent to all over the marketing, each is experienced old rivers and lakes, soon opened up the situation.
3
Tā
他
shì
是
gè
个
lǎo
老
jiānghú
江湖
,
yī
一
kàn
看
duìfāng
对方
rén
人
duō
多
,
zìjǐ
自己
kěnéng
可能
chīkuī
吃亏
,
lìjí
立即
bátuǐ
拔腿
jiù
就
zǒu
走
。
He is an old river and lake, a look at each other more people, they may suffer, immediately pull out their legs to go.