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Definition(s) for: 肝胆相照

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
肝胆相照 gān dǎn xiāng zhào - to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion

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Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 53,034 44,945

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gān- liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4])
- (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game)
- (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
dǎn- gall bladder
- courage
- guts
- gall
- inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
xiāng- surname Xiang
xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
zhào- according to
- in accordance with
- to shine
- to illuminate
- to reflect
- to look at (one's reflection)
- to take (a photo)
- photo
- as requested
- as before
zhào- variant of 照[zhao4]
- to shine
- to illuminate

Other Words Containing 肝胆相照

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo