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the surface of the river
rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power
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
region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang / see 江南省 / see 江南區|江南区
Jiangnan University (in Jiangsu Province)
Jiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏 + 浙江)
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day
swindler / itinerant con-man
Jiang'an, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
Yangtze and Yellow rivers
river
rivers, lakes and oceans / bodies of water
Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市 (abbr. to 蘇|苏)
Jiangmen, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Jiangnan, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市, Guangxi
glutinous rice wine / fermented glutinous rice
river bank
Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
middle of a river
Jiangning, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu
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  *江* | 江* | *江
surname Jiang / (bound form) Yangtze River / (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏)
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  *江* | 江* | *江
river / CL: 條|条,
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see 江北區|江北区 / Chongqing's main airport
Edo (old name of Tokyo)
unlicensed doctor; quack; back-alley or itinerant practitioner
river source
Jianghan, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block
riverbank
rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
Jianghuai Mandarin
special technique / trick of the trade / knack
Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市 (abbr. to 灨|赣)
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱, Yunnan
patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu
(seafood) adductor muscle of a scallop or pen shell
river / river flow / current
polished glutinous rice
red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
Jiangcheng, a district of Yangjiang City 陽江市|阳江市, Guangdong
Jiangshan, a county-level city in Quzhou City 衢州市, Zhejiang
Jiangzhou, a district of Chongzuo City 崇左市, Guangxi
Jiangyin, a county-level city in Wuxi City 無錫市|无锡市, Jiangsu
Jiangyang district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市, Sichuan
name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing
Jiangkou, a county in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱市, Yunnan
Jiang'an county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
river water
Jiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口區|浦口区 of Nanjing, Jiangsu
Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, in Yongzhou City 永州市, Hunan
river dolphin
Jiangyong, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市, Hunan
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots?
Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems
Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer
Jiangling, a county in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
Jiangyuan, a district of Baishan City 白山市, Jilin
Jiangxia, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan
Jianghai, a district of Jiangmen City 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
itinerant entertainer
Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty / Kangwon province of North Korea / Gangwon province in northeast South Korea, capital Chuncheon 春川
Jiang Zemin's 江澤民|江泽民 eight propositions on developing relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, presented in a 1995 speech
Jiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口區|浦口区 of Nanjing, Jiangsu
Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
Gyangzê county, Tibetan: Rgyal rtse rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
Jiang'an county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
(idiom) infamous pirate; (by extension) notorious bandit or robber
Jiangbei, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆 / Jiangbei, a district of Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Gyangzê town and county, Tibetan: Rgyal rtse, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
river steamer
Jiangjin, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
Jiangyou prefecture-level city in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳, north Sichuan


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