敢作敢为 — Chinese idiom
敢作敢为
gǎn zuò gǎn wéi
Traditional: 敢作敢為
Meaning
- to stop at nothing; to dare to do anything
Character by character
- 敢gǎnbold, brave; to dare, to venture
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 敢gǎnbold, brave; to dare, to venture
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
Idioms sharing a character
- 不敢恭维 bù gǎn gōng wei
- 不敢自专 bù gǎn zì zhuān
- 不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng
- 敢为人先 gǎn wéi rén xiān
- 并肩作战 bìng jiān zuò zhàn
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú
- 作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
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