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lake / CL: 個|个,
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Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan
Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile
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) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang / Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
erroneous written form of 潟湖
Qingshanhu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
Lake Baikal, Russia
Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
lagoon
Yuehu district of Yingtan city 鷹潭市|鹰潭市, Jiangxi
salt lake
Binhu district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市, Jiangsu
to travel around the country
Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Dahu or Tahu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Bohu county, Baghrash nahiyisi or Bohu county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Lianhu District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi
frozen lake
Liangzihu district of Ezhou city 鄂州市, Hubei
Jinhu county in Huai'an 淮安, Jiangsu / Chinhu town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
Neihu District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan
Kunming Lake
Swan Lake
Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province
Yuhu district of Xiangtan city 湘潭市, Hunan
Yopurgha nahiyisi (Yopurga county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
Yundang or Yuandang Lake in Xiamen
barrier lake; landslide dam / dammed lake
Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
to roam far and wide / to drift with the wind
Daming Lake in Jinan 濟南|济南, Shandong
to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
(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
Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan
Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)
Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang
to make a living as a traveling performer etc
Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in Xinjiang
Mission Hills Group (Chinese hospitality, sports and leisure company)
Issyk-Kul (a large lake in eastern Kyrgyzstan)
Lake Titicaca
Dianshan Lake in Shanghai
burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology)
Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai
Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes
artificial lake
Hulun Lake of Inner Mongolia
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes
Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled
Bosten Lake in Xinjiang
Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
Fenchihu, town in Chiayi County, Taiwan
Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
salt lake
Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
Lake Constance (between Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
lagoon
Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province
Kouhu township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Kanas Lake in Xinjiang
a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
Lake Chad
Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
see 草海
Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
Sihu (or Ssuhu) township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥, Anhui
Jianhu county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城, Jiangsu
Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung
see 草海
freshwater lake
lava lake
Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Hunan
Ayding Lake (Aydingkol) in Xinjiang
Sayram Lake in Xinjiang
Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh


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