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Meaning of 肝

Pinyin gān

Radical

月

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Definition

liver

Usage

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肝 [gān] 1. 人或动物体内最大的消化腺，有合成与贮存养料、分泌胆汁、解毒等功能。 (The largest digestive gland in humans or animals, with functions including synthesizing and storing nutrients, secreting bile, and detoxifying.) 2. 中医学指五脏之一。 (In traditional Chinese medicine, it refers to one of the five internal organs.) - 例如: 肝脏 (liver), 肝炎 (hepatitis), 肝胆 (liver and gallbladder), 肝肠 (liver and intestines), 心肝 (heart and liver). (For example: liver, hepatitis, liver and gallbladder, liver and intestines, heart and liver.) 【本义】: 肝脏 (The primary meaning: liver) 【造字法】: 形声。从肉，干声。 (Character formation: Phono-semantic compound, composed of 'meat' and the sound 'gān'.) 同本义 ([En.] liver) (Same meaning as: [En.] liver) 比喻人的内心 ([En.] heart) (Metaphorically refers to a person's inner feelings: [En.] heart) 引例: 1. 《说文》：肝，木藏也。 (Xu Shen's "Shuowen": 'The liver is associated with wood.') 2. 《释名·释形体》：肝，榦也。于五行属木，故其体状有枝干。 (From "Shiming": 'The liver is a stem. In the five elements, it belongs to wood, thus its structure resembles branches.') 3. 《仪礼·士昏礼》：赞以肝从。 (From "Yili": 'To praise with the liver.') 4. 《礼记·月令》：祭先肝。 (From "Liji": 'To sacrifice to the liver first.') 5. 清·方苞《左忠毅公逸事》：吾师肺肝，皆铁石所铸造也。 (From Fang Bao's "Left Zongyi Gong Yishi": 'My master’s lungs and liver are forged from iron and stone.') 例: 肝肺 (liver and lungs), 肝鬲 (the liver and diaphragm), 肝脑 (liver and brain), 肝木 (referring to liver; in TCM, liver belongs to the wood element). 比喻人的内心 ([En.] heart) (Metaphorically refers to a person's inner feelings: [En.] heart) 引例: 1. 唐·杜甫《义鹘行》：聊为《义鹘行》，永激壮士肝。 (Tang poet Du Fu: 'I write "Ode to the Just Falcon," to inspire the liver of the brave.') 例: 肝怀 (inner feelings), 肝心 (metaphor for one's heart), 肝血 (metaphor for sincere feelings), 肝脾 (metaphor for inner feelings).

足厥阴肝经 zú jué yīn gān jīng

Jueyin liver meridian of foot

披肝沥胆 pī gān lì dǎn

lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty

侠肝义胆 xiá gān yì dǎn

Chivalrous

肝脑涂地 gān nǎo tú dì

to offer one's life in sacrifice

肝炎 gān yán

hepatitis

平肝熄风 píng gān xī fēng

calming liver wind

猪肝 zhū gān

pork liver

疏肝 shū gān

soothing the liver

肝癌 gān ái

liver cancer

肝硬化 gān yìng huà

cirrhosis

乙肝 yǐ gān

hepatitis B

乙型肝炎 yǐ xíng gān yán

hepatitis B

肝脏 gān zàng

liver

心肝 xīn gān

darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity

肝胆 gān dǎn

courage / sincerity / openheartedness / liver and gall / heroic spirit

肝病 gān bìng

liver disease

脂肪肝 zhī fáng gān

fatty liver

肝肾 gān shèn

liver and kidney

肝功能 gān gōng néng

liver function

肝硬变 gān yìng biàn

cirrhosis / hepatocirrhosis / hepatitis interstitialis chronica

肝火 gān huǒ

irascibility / irritability / (TCM) inflammation of the liver

肝胆相照 gān dǎn xiāng zhào

to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion

鱼肝油 yú gān yóu

cod liver oil

肝气 gān qì

diarrhea / vomiting / etc. / diseases with such symptoms as costal pain

丙肝 bǐng gān

Hepatitis C

心肝宝贝 xīn gān bǎo bèi

precious darling (often refers to one's child) / sweetheart

肝郁 gān yù

liver depression / liver stagnation

驴肝肺 lǘ gān fèi

very malicious intentions