膽裂

See also: 胆裂

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	crack; split
trad. (膽裂)		膽	裂
simp. (胆裂)		胆	裂

Etymology

膽 (gall) + 裂 (to split)

In other words, to be so terrified, that one's gall bladder is about to split open.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎnliè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnliè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnliè
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-lieh⁴
    • Yale: dǎn-lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanlieh
    • Palladius: даньле (danʹle)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/

Adjective

膽裂

1. (archaic) terrified; scared out of one's mind