rivers and lakes
Anglais
Étymologie
- Calque du chinois 江湖, jiānghú, composé de river (« fleuve ») et de lake (« lac »), voir fleuves et lacs > Étymologie.
Locution nominale
| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| rivers and lake \Prononciation ?\ |
rivers and lakes \Prononciation ?\ |
rivers and lakes \Prononciation ?\
- (Littérature) (Chine) (Sens figuré) Fleuves et lacs, rivières et lacs.
- Wandering knight errants, of ‘the world of rivers and lakes’, were supposed to be chivalrous and were expected to come to the aid of the infortunate and powerless. — (Andrea Mary Falk, A Shadow of Fallen Blossoms : he 36 and 48 verses of Baguazhang, tgl Books, 2017, ISBN 978-0-9879028-3-2)
Synonymes
- jianghu