江湖 jiāng hú 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[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 真主党 真主黨 zhēn zhǔ dǎng Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group) 清真 qīng zhēn Islamic / Muslim / halal (of food) / clean / pure syn 奴隶社会 奴隸社會 nú lì shè huì slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory) 回族 huí zú Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China 万年历 萬年曆 wàn nián lì perpetual calendar / ten thousand year calendar / Islamic calendar introduced to Yuan China by Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 可兰经 可蘭經 kě lán jīng Quran (Islamic scripture) 古尔邦节 古爾邦節 gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar 社会 社會 shè huì society / CL:個|个[ge4] 学会 學會 xué huì to learn / to master / institute / learned society / (scholarly) association 协会 協會 xié huì an association / a society / CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] 党 黨 dǎng party / association / club / society / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 秩序 zhì xù order / orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 社团 社團 shè tuán association / society / group / union / club / organization 联谊会 聯誼會 lián yì huì association / club / society / party / get-together 帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 入会 入會 rù huì to join a society, association etc 阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn 体质 體質 tǐ zhì (a person's) constitution / underlying physical condition / physical makeup / (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness 隐退 隱退 yǐn tuì to retire (from society, esp. from politics) / to vanish syn 世面 shì miàn the wider world / diverse aspects of society syn 处世 處世 chǔ shì to conduct oneself in society syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 功勋 功勛 gōng xūn achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society) syn 领导层 領導層 lǐng dǎo céng ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy 公害 gōng hài environmental pollution / social scourge / blight on society 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1]) 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 社员 社員 shè yuán commune member (PRC, 1958-1985) / member of a society (or other organization) 肌体 肌體 jī tǐ the body / organism (usually human) / (fig.) fabric (of society etc) / cohesive structure (of an entity) syn 大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 封地 fēng dì feudal fiefdom / land held as a vassal in feudal society / enfeoffment syn 白莲教 白蓮教 bái lián jiào White Lotus society 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 原始社会 原始社會 yuán shǐ shè huì primitive society 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general) 小康社会 小康社會 xiǎo kāng shè huì society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met 人类社会 人類社會 rén lèi shè huì human society 封建社会 封建社會 fēng jiàn shè huì feudal society 上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class / high society 人渣 rén zhā dregs of society / scum 涉世 shè shì to see the world / to go out into society / to gain experience syn 礼乐 禮樂 lǐ yuè (Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society) 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 外场 外場 wài cháng outside world / society syn 九三学社 九三學社 jiǔ sān xué shè Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP 界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn 杜月笙 dù yuè shēng Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn 惊世骇俗 驚世駭俗 jīng shì hài sú universally shocking / to offend the whole of society syn 公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse syn 书会 書會 shū huì calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old) 塔希提 tǎ xī tí Tahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia 夜不闭户 夜不閉戶 yè bù bì hù lit. doors not locked at night (idiom) / fig. stable society syn 苏非 蘇非 sū fēi Sufi (Islamic mystic) / Sufism 路不拾遗 路不拾遺 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn 兴中会 興中會 xīng zhōng huì Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu 内卷 內捲 nèi juǎn (embryology) to involute / involution / (neologism c. 2017) (of a society) to become more and more of a rat race / to become increasingly competitive (due to limited resources) 社会总需求 社會總需求 shè huì zǒng xū qiú aggregate social demand / total requirement of society 看破红尘 看破紅塵 kān pò hóng chén to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk) / disillusioned with human society / to reject the world for a monastic life syn 草满囹圄 草滿囹圄 cǎo mǎn líng yǔ lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom) / fig. peaceful society 避世绝俗 避世絕俗 bì shì jué sú to withdraw from society and live like a hermit (idiom) 立身处世 立身處世 lì shēn chǔ shì (idiom) the way one conducts oneself in society syn 大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) syn 伊斯兰国家元首和政府首脑会议 Islamic Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government / Islamic Summit Conference 伊斯兰马格里布基地组织 伊斯蘭馬格里布基地組織 Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb / Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb 伊斯兰慈善组织 伊斯蘭慈善組織 yī sī lán cí shàn zǔ zhī Islamic-based charity / Islamic charity 世界伊斯兰召唤协会 World Islamic Call Society 泛非农业文化发展伊斯兰协会 泛非農業文化發展伊斯蘭協會 Pan-African Islamic Society for Agro-Cultural Development 小刀会 小刀會 xiǎo dāo huì Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855 新剧同志会 新劇同志會 xīn jù tóng zhì huì New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4] 保护人权反对奴役协会 Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights / Anti-Slavery Society 反对奴役协会 Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights / Anti-Slavery Society 联合国与民间社会关系知名人士小组 Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations / Cardoso Panel on UN Relations with Civil Society 多哈全球民间社会论坛 多哈全球民間社會論壇 Doha Global Civil Society Forum / Civil Society Forum 民间社会支持巴勒斯坦人民国际会议 民間社會支持巴勒斯坦人民國際會議 United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People / International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People 加勒比共同体民间社会宪章 加勒比共同體民間社會憲章 Charter of Civil Society for the Caribbean Community / Charter of Civil Society 民间社会宪章 民間社會憲章 Charter of Civil Society for the Caribbean Community / Charter of Civil Society 联合国民间社会支援巴勒斯坦人民会议 聯合國民間社會支援巴勒斯坦人民會議 United Nations Meeting of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People / Meeting of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People 伊斯兰圣战组织 伊斯蘭聖戰組織 yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhī Islamic Jihad (Palestinian armed faction) 伊斯兰会议组织 伊斯蘭會議組織 yī sī lán huì yì zǔ zhī Organization of the Islamic Conference 中国伊斯兰教协会 中國伊斯蘭教協會 zhōng guó yī sī lán jiào xié huì Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association 伊斯兰党 伊斯蘭黨 yī sī lán dǎng Islamic party 哈里发帝国 哈里發帝國 hā lǐ fā dì guó Caliphate (Islamic empire formed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad 穆罕默德[Mu4han3mo4de2] in 632) 易卜拉辛 yì bǔ lā xīn Ibrahim (name) / Arabic and Islamic version of Abraham 亞伯拉罕|亚伯拉罕 东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动 東突厥斯坦伊斯蘭運動 dōng tū jué sī tǎn yī sī lán yùn dòng East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) 王岱舆 王岱輿 wáng dài yú Wang Daiyu (1584-1670), Hui Islamic scholar of the Ming-Qing transition 苏非主义 蘇非主義 sū fēi zhǔ yì Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition) 迈赫迪 邁赫迪 mài hè dí Mahdi or Mehdi (Arabic: Guided one), redeemer of some Islamic prophesy 阿姆河 ā mǔ hé Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan / formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers 伊斯兰革命卫队 伊斯蘭革命衛隊 yī sī lán gé mìng wèi duì Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps / Revolutionary Guard Corps / Pasdaran 巴勒斯坦伊斯兰圣战组织 巴勒斯坦伊斯蘭聖戰組織 bā lè sī tǎn yī sī lán shèng zhàn zǔ zhi Palestinian Islamic Jihad 阿富汗伊斯兰酋长国 阿富汗伊斯蘭酋長國 ā fù hàn yī sī lán qiú cháng guó Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 巴基斯坦伊斯兰共和国 巴基斯坦伊斯蘭共和國 bā jī sī tǎn yī sī lán gòng hé guó the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 毛里塔尼亚伊斯兰共和国 毛裡塔尼亞伊斯蘭共和國 máo lǐ tǎ ní yà yī sī lán gòng hé guó the Islamic Republic of Mauritania 