dǎn

gall bladder; bravery, courage

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

一身是 yī shēn shì dǎn devoid of fear (idiom); intrepid
乙酰鹼 yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎn acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
傾心吐 qīng xīn tǔ dǎn to pour out one's heart (idiom)
剖肝瀝 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
嚇破 xià pò dǎn to be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff
壯起子 zhuàng qǐ dǎn zi to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face
dà dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
gū dǎn solitary hero; maverick
英雄 gū dǎn yīng xióng solitary hero; maverick
xīn dǎn courage
俱裂 xīn dǎn jù liè to be scared out of one's wits (idiom)
心驚戰 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear; scared witless
心驚顫 xīn jīng dǎn chàn see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战[xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4]
披肝瀝 pī gān lì dǎn lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty
提心吊 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge
撐死大的,餓死小的 chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
fàng dǎn to act boldly
dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to
明目張 míng mù zhāng dǎn openly and without fear; brazenly
量 yǒu dǎn liàng courageous
有色無 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
hǎi dǎn sea urchin
xióng dǎn bear gall (used in TCM)
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