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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by girzel on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:36AM (#18351805)
Try translating 江湖! That's what really stumps us.
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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by xarope on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:36AM (#18351963)
It's like a programming community, but with martial arts exponents. And instead of hackfests, they beat each other up.

Do I win a prize? :-P

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by choonway on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:47AM (#18351999)
人在江湖身不由己
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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by imron on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:02AM (#18353461)
This is my favorite definition of 江湖: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcFoN1Ding&feature=youtu.be...
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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by FooBarWidget on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:41AM (#18351981)
There is a wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia#Jianghu

But yeah, try translating that in a few words.

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