dǎn

gall bladder; bravery, courage

HSK 5 #1352

DEFINITIONS

胆 dǎn
  • gall bladder
  • courage
  • guts
  • gall
  • inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

STROKES

胆 stroke order diagram
胆 stroke order animation

WORDS

fàng dǎn to act boldly
结石 dǎn jié shí gallstone
忠心 chì dǎn zhōng xīn lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty; to serve sb with body and soul
心惊颤 xīn jīng dǎn chàn see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战[xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4]
气 dǎn qì courageous; bold
xīn dǎn courage
红素 dǎn hóng sù bilirubin
紫 lóng dǎn zǐ gentian violet C25H30ClN3; crystal violet
一身是 yī shēn shì dǎn devoid of fear (idiom); intrepid
乙酰碱 yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎn acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
倾心吐 qīng xīn tǔ dǎn to pour out one's heart (idiom)
剖肝沥 pōu gān lì dǎn to be completely honest and sincere (idiom)
吃熊心豹子 chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom); to pluck up some courage
sàng dǎn panic-stricken; scared out of one's wits
吓破 xià pò dǎn to be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff
壮起子 zhuàng qǐ dǎn zi to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face
gū dǎn solitary hero; maverick
英雄 gū dǎn yīng xióng solitary hero; maverick
俱裂 xīn dǎn jù liè to be scared out of one's wits (idiom)
披肝沥 pī gān lì dǎn lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty
撑死大的,饿死小的 chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
量 yǒu dǎn liàng courageous
有色无 yǒu sè wú dǎn to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it; to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it; to be all talk and no action
xióng dǎn bear gall (used in TCM)
草 xióng dǎn cǎo Conyza blinii