侠肝义胆 — Chinese idiom
侠肝义胆
xiá gān yì dǎn
Traditional: 俠肝義膽
Meaning
- chivalrous, righteous and courageous
Character by character
- 侠xiáchivalrous person; knight-errant
- 肝gānliver
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
- 胆dǎngallbladder; gall, guts, courage
Idioms sharing a character
- 柔情侠骨 róu qíng xiá gǔ
- 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
- 忠肝义胆 zhōng gān yì dǎn
- 披肝沥胆 pī gān lì 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
- 仁人义士 rén rén yì shì
- 仁义道德 rén yì dào dé
- 仁至义尽 rén zhì yì jìn
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