the Yangtze river

a Chinese family name

large river

Yalu River (located on the border with North Korea)

charlatan; swindler; imposter

anchovy. (So far I have only seen this term quoted in Malaysia and Singapore sources - written and spoken, but it IS very common a term in these countries. I do not know the equivalent term outside SE Asia but AltaVista's Babel Fish gives "Anchovy" as 魚)

a riverbank

Pearl River - the third longest river in China that flows out through the Guangdong (廣東) province at the Pearl River Delta (珠江三角洲) into the South China Sea (南中國海／南海).

another name for Macau

to have little control over one's fate due to social constrains | [粵]: 人在江湖身不由主

a member of the underworld; a triad

gangster

in the Yangtze River the wave behind pushes on the wave ahead

(it is a general trend that) the younger generation excels the older one; the successors get ahead of the predecessors

street level rumours; urban legends

The name that local people used to refer only to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, upon which the English name for the whole river is based. The whole river is actually called 長江, Chang River, meaning the "Long River".

river dolphin

like a clay idol fording a river

in a sorry/pitiable plight; unable to protect even one's own interests; hardly able to save oneself (let alone anyone else)

泥菩薩過河

(idiom) someone is hardly able to save herself/himself in a plight

make a reapperance after years of retirement

coffee senna

(lit.) to cross a river; (fig.) to cross to another territory

dried adductor (柱頭肉) of a pen shell (江)

dried scallop

dried scallops

win the ultimate prize in a single event (lit., "one battle to win the nation")

somebody who is not just successful and powerful in their own country but one who also travels to another place, becomes famous and shows their power

Way of the Dragon (USA: Return of the Dragon), 1972 Bruce Lee 李小龍 feature movie title

the Way of the Dragon, a film starring Bruce Lee; to describe someone who is successful across the borders

An Giang Province, Vietnam

help and assistance for a fellow triad member or a close friend in difficulties [written and colloquial]

the unspoken code of ethics / honour in society [written and colloquial]

river and lakes; also used metaphorically to mean itinerant, as in wanderers or vagabonds

the surface of the river