披肝沥胆 — Chinese idiom
披肝沥胆
pī gān lì dǎn
Traditional: 披肝瀝膽
Meaning
- to be completely honest and sincere; to show wholehearted loyalty
Character by character
- 披pīto wear; to split, to crack
- 肝gānliver
- 沥lìtrickle, drip, dregs; to strain
- 胆dǎngallbladder; gall, guts, courage
Idioms sharing a character
- 所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
- 披沙拣金 pī shā jiǎn jīn
- 披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí
- 披头散发 pī tóu sàn fà
- 侠肝义胆 xiá gān yì dǎn
- 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
- 忠肝义胆 zhōng gān yì dǎn
- 揪心扒肝 jiū xīn bā gān
- 肝肠寸断 gān cháng cùn duàn
- 肝胆相照 gān dǎn xiāng zhào
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