胆 (膽) dǎn

1. dǎn noun gall bladder
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: See 胆囊 (CC-CEDICT '膽'; Guoyu '膽' n 1; Kroll 2015 '膽' 1, p. 75; Sun 2006, loc. 1377; Unihan '膽'; Wikipedia '膽囊')
2. dǎn noun gall; courage; guts
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 勇气 (CC-CEDICT '膽'; Guoyu '膽' n 2; Kroll 2015 '膽' 2, p. 75; Unihan '膽')
3. dǎn noun the contents of a container like object
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Such as a bottle or a ball (Guoyu '膽' n 3)

Contained in

• 开心见胆(開心見膽) to understand clearly
• 赤胆忠心(赤膽忠心) utter devotion
• 胆力(膽力) courage; bravery
• 胆破(膽破) to be frightened to death
• 胆大(膽大) daring; bold; audacious
• 惊心胆颤(驚心膽顫) frightening; frightened
• 熊胆(熊膽) bear gall
• 胆识(膽識) courage and insight
• 胆囊(膽囊) gall bladder
• 鼠胆(鼠膽) cowardly
• 胆绿素(膽綠素) biliverdin
• 卧薪尝胆(臥薪嘗膽) lie on firewood and taste gall; to harden oneself for revenge
• 胆石症(膽石症) gallstone
• 胆大包天(膽大包天) reckless; extremely daring
• 吃熊心豹子胆(吃熊心豹子膽) to eat bear heart and leopard gall; to pluck up some courage
• 一身是胆(一身是膽) devoid of fear ; intrepid
• 胆汁(膽汁) gall; bile
• 心胆俱裂(心膽俱裂) to be scared out of one's wits
• 胆寒(膽寒) to fear; to be terrified
• 胆敢(膽敢) to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
• 胆红素(膽紅素) bilirubin
• 苦胆(苦膽) gall bladder
• 孤胆(孤膽) solitary hero; maverick
• 提心吊胆(提心吊膽) to be scared and on edge
• 胆小鬼(膽小鬼) coward
• 乙酰胆碱(乙酰膽鹼) acetylcholine ACh
• 披肝沥胆(披肝瀝膽) to open one's liver and drip gall; wholehearted loyalty
• 胆固醇(膽固醇) cholesterol
• 海胆(海膽) sea urchin
• 肝胆俱裂(肝膽俱裂) heartbroken
• 胆碱酯酶(膽鹼酯酶) choline esterase (ChE)
• 胆小如鼠(膽小如鼠) chicken-hearted ; gutless
• 独胆英雄(獨膽英雄) bold and courageous hero
• 胆结石(膽結石) gallstone
• 胆战心惊(膽戰心驚) to tremble with fear; scared witless
• 胆量(膽量) courage
• 呕心吐胆(嘔心吐膽) to spit out your heart and guts; work your heart out
• 有胆量(有膽量) courageous
• 胆颤心惊(膽顫心驚) panic-stricken
• 有色无胆(有色無膽) 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
• 蛇胆(蛇膽) snake gall
• 破胆(破膽) to be scared stiff
• 胆子(膽子) courage
• 放胆(放膽) to act boldly
• 肝胆相照(肝膽相照) utter devotion to each other; to show total devotion
• 丧胆(喪膽) panic-stricken; scared out of one's wits
• 心胆(心膽) courage
• 壮胆(壯膽) to pluck up some courage
• 胆色素(膽色素) bilirubin
• 大胆(大膽) courageous; daring

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胆战

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• 卷四十三上　　　志第三十三上　地理七上 Volume 43a Treatises 37: Gepgraphy 7a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 7
• 卷三百二十四 列傳第二百十二 外國五 占城 真臘 暹羅 瓜哇 三佛齊 Volume 324 Biographies 212: Foreign States 5 - Champa, Khmer Empire, Siam, Java, Srivijaya History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷一百八十五 志第一百三十八 食貨下七 Volume 185 Treatises 138: Finance and Economics 2g History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷二百五十九 列傳第一百四十七 楊鎬 袁應泰 熊廷弼 袁崇煥 趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷一百八十 志第一百三十三 食貨下二 Volume 180 Treatises 133: Finance and Economics 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷二百〇二　　列傳第八十九: 釋老 Volume 202 Biographies 89: Buddhists and Taoists History of Yuan 元史 — count: 4
• 卷二百〇六 志第一百五十九 藝文五 Volume 206 Treatises 159: Arts and Literature 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷四百六十二 列傳第二百二十一 方技下 賀蘭棲眞 柴通玄 甄棲眞 楚衍 僧志言 僧懷丙 許希 龐安時 錢乙 僧智緣 郭天信 魏漢津 王老志 王仔昔 林靈素 皇甫坦 王克明 莎衣道人 孫守榮 Volume 462 Biographies 221: Medicine and Divination 2 - He Lanqizhen, Chai Tongxuan, Zhen Qizhen, Chu Yan, Seng Zhiyan, Seng Huaibing, Xu Xi, Pang Anshi, Qian Yi, Seng Zhiyuan, Guo Tianxin, Wei Hanjin, Wang Laozhi, Wang Zixi, Lin Lingsu, Huang Futan, Wang Keming, Sha Yidaoren, Sun Shourong History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷二百十一 列傳第九十九 馬永 梁震 王效 周尚文 馬芳 何卿 沈希儀 石邦憲 Volume 211 Biographies 99: Ma Yong, Liang Zhen, Wang Xiao, Zhou Shangwen, Ma Fang, He Qing, Shen Xiyi, Shi Bangxian History of Ming 明史 — count: 3

Collocations

• 肝胆 (肝膽) 忘肝膽 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 50
• 胆勇 (膽勇) 少有膽勇 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十二 蜀書二 先主傳 Volume 32: Book of Shu 2 - Biography of the Former Lord — count: 22
• 胆决 (膽決) 精果膽決 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六十四 吳書十九 諸葛滕二孫濮陽傳 Volume 64: Book of Wu 19 - Biographies of Zhuge, Teng, the two Suns, and Puyang — count: 20
• 蚺蛇胆 (蚺蛇膽) 帝與侍講學士許康佐語及取蚺蛇膽 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十七上 本紀第十七上: 敬宗 文宗上 Volume 17 Annals 17: Jingzong, Wenzong 1 — count: 10
• 胆智 (膽智) 鄉邦稱其膽智 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十八 張法滕馮度楊列傳 Volume 38: Biographies of Zhang, Fa, Teng, Feng, Du, Yang — count: 9
• 胆干 (膽乾) 内坚正有胆幹 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十七 吳書十二 虞陸張駱陸吾朱傳 Volume 57: Book of Wu 12 - Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu — count: 9
• 胆烈 (膽烈) 以胆烈从太祖 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十七 魏書十七 張樂于張徐傳 Volume 17: Book of Wei 17 - Biographies of Zhang, Yue, Yu, Zhang, and Xu — count: 7
• 胆涂地 (膽塗地) 寧得無肝膽塗地於中原之野與 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十一 善說 Chapter 11: Virtuous Speech — count: 6
• 少有胆 (少有膽) 少有膽勇 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十二 蜀書二 先主傳 Volume 32: Book of Shu 2 - Biography of the Former Lord — count: 6
• 衔胆 (銜膽) 正是殿下銜膽茹辛厲心之日 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十六 列傳第五十六 張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui — count: 6