吃熊心豹子膽 chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn

to pluck up some courage

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to pluck up some courage
  2. 2. to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
熊 xióng HSK 3
bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke
心 xīn HSK 3
heart; mind; intention
豹 bào
leopard; panther
子 zi HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child
膽 dǎn
courage; guts; gall bladder