忠肝义胆 — Chinese idiom
忠肝义胆
zhōng gān yì dǎn
Traditional: 忠肝義膽
Meaning
- loyal, righteous and courageous
Character by character
- 忠zhōngloyalty, devotion, fidelity
- 肝gānliver
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
- 胆dǎngallbladder; gall, guts, courage
Idioms sharing a character
- 大奸似忠 dà jiān sì zhōng
- 忠君爱国 zhōng jūn ài guó
- 忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng
- 忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr
- 忠贞不渝 zhōng zhēn bù yú
- 赤胆忠心 chì dǎn zhōng xīn
- 侠肝义胆 xiá gān yì dǎn
- 大动肝火 dà dòng gān huǒ
- 披肝沥胆 pī gān lì dǎn
- 揪心扒肝 jiū xīn bā gān
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