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膽

简胆 · 繁膽

Mandarin · pinyin dǎn

gall bladder
courage
guts
gall
inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

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胆: dǎn · gall bladder; bravery, courage

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Cantonese word readings for 膽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(anatomy) gallbladder
(figurative) guts; courage; bravery; strength; nerve
inner container; liner (of a thermos); bladder (of a ball)
vacuum tube
(Cantonese, gambling) — (Cantonese) core of a number of selection from a group

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