膽 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

一身是膽 yī shēn shì dǎn devoid of fear (idiom); intrepid
乙酰膽鹼 yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎn acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex)
傾心吐膽 qīng xīn tǔ dǎn to pour out one's heart (idiom)
剖肝瀝膽 pōu gān lì dǎn to be completely honest and sincere (idiom)
吃熊心豹子膽 chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom); to pluck up some courage
喪膽 sàng dǎn panic-stricken; scared out of one's wits
嚇破膽 xià pò dǎn to be scared out of one's wits; to scare stiff
壯起膽子 zhuàng qǐ dǎn zi to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face
大膽 dà dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
孤膽 gū dǎn solitary hero; maverick
孤膽英雄 gū dǎn yīng xióng solitary hero; maverick
心膽 xīn dǎn courage
心膽俱裂 xīn dǎn jù liè to be scared out of one's wits (idiom)
心驚膽戰 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear; scared witless
心驚膽顫 xīn jīng dǎn chàn see 心驚膽戰|心惊胆战[xin1 jing1 dan3 zhan4]
披肝瀝膽 pī gān lì dǎn lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty
提心吊膽 tí xīn diào dǎn (saying) to be very scared and on edge
撐死膽大的，餓死膽小的 chēng sǐ dǎn dà de ， è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
放膽 fàng dǎn to act boldly
斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to
明目張膽 míng mù zhāng dǎn openly and without fear; brazenly
有膽量 yǒu dǎn liàng courageous
有色無膽 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
海膽 hǎi dǎn sea urchin
熊膽 xióng dǎn bear gall (used in TCM)
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