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跑江湖

Mandarin · pinyin pǎo jiāng hú

to make a living as a traveling performer etc

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跑: pǎo · run, flee, leave in hurry
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
湖: hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

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3–1–2 · pao3 jiang1 hu2

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