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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).
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