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

• 破胆(破膽) to be scared stiff
• 胆石绞痛(膽石絞痛) gallstone colic
• 一身是胆(一身是膽) devoid of fear ; intrepid
• 肝胆俱裂(肝膽俱裂) heartbroken
• 丧胆(喪膽) panic-stricken; scared out of one's wits
• 熊胆(熊膽) bear gall
• 心胆(心膽) courage
• 胆石(膽石) gallstone
• 孤胆(孤膽) solitary hero; maverick
• 倾心吐胆(傾心吐膽) to pour out one's heart
• 胆敢(膽敢) to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
• 胆小(膽小) cowardly; timid
• 胆寒(膽寒) to fear; to be terrified
• 独胆英雄(獨膽英雄) bold and courageous hero
• 色胆包天(色膽包天) outrageously bold in one's lust; debauched
• 胆量(膽量) courage
• 呕心吐胆(嘔心吐膽) to spit out your heart and guts; work your heart out
• 心胆俱裂(心膽俱裂) to be scared out of one's wits
• 胆石症(膽石症) gallstone
• 胆管(膽管) bile duct
• 狗胆包天(狗膽包天) extremely daring ; foolhardy
• 碎心裂胆(碎心裂膽) in mortal fear
• 胆颤心惊(膽顫心驚) panic-stricken
• 胆战心惊(膽戰心驚) to tremble with fear; scared witless
• 撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的(撐死膽大的，餓死膽小的) fullness for the bold, famine for the timid
• 提心吊胆(提心吊膽) to be scared and on edge
• 色胆(色膽) boldness in pursuing one's sexual urges
• 闻风丧胆(聞風喪膽) hear the wind and lose gall; terror-stricken at the news
• 胆魄(膽魄) courage; bravery
• 胆战(膽戰) to tremble with fear
• 胆略(膽略) courage and resource
• 胆绿素(膽綠素) biliverdin
• 心惊胆战(心驚膽戰) trembling with fear
• 胆结石(膽結石) gallstone
• 剖肝沥胆(剖肝瀝膽) to be completely honest and sincere
• 龙胆紫(龍膽紫) gentian violet C25H30ClN3; crystal violet
• 破胆寒心(破膽寒心) to be scared out of one's wits
• 胆大包天(膽大包天) reckless; extremely daring
• 胆气(膽氣) courageous; bold
• 胆固醇(膽固醇) cholesterol
• 胆囊(膽囊) gall bladder
• 胆大妄为(膽大妄為) daring; presumptuous; daredevil
• 苦胆(苦膽) gall bladder
• 胆小如鼠(膽小如鼠) chicken-hearted ; gutless
• 胆力(膽力) courage; bravery
• 肝胆相照(肝膽相照) utter devotion to each other; to show total devotion
• 孤胆英雄(孤膽英雄) solitary hero; maverick
• 壮胆(壯膽) to pluck up some courage
• 龙肝凤胆(龍肝鳳膽) rare food; ambrosia (delicacy)
• 胆色素(膽色素) bilirubin

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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 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
• 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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