胆 (dǎn) — gallbladder (organ); courage, nerve, audacity (as a character trait)
Definition
胆 has two unrelated meanings: the gallbladder organ (医生说胆囊里…), and 'courage/nerve' used mainly in set phrases like 胆量, 胆子, 胆敢. Without a suffix it is rarely used alone for 'courage' — pair it with 子, 量, or 敢.
noun
gallbladder (organ)couragenerveaudacity (as a character trait)
Examples
- ，。Tā hěn yǒu dǎn liàng, yí gè rén qù huāng dǎo shēng cún le yí gè yuè.He has a lot of courage and survived alone on a desert island for a month.
- 。Yī shēng shuō tā dǎn náng lǐ yǒu yì kē xiǎo shí tou.The doctor said there is a small stone in his gallbladder.
- ，。Nǐ de dǎn zi yě tài dà le, jū rán gǎn gēn jīng lǐ pāi zhuō zi.You've got some nerve — you actually dared to bang the table at your manager.
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