吃熊心豹子膽

See also: 吃熊心豹子胆

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	bear; to scold; to rebuke	heart; mind	leopard	the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
trad. (吃熊心豹子膽)		吃	熊	心	豹子	膽
simp. (吃熊心豹子胆)		吃	熊	心	豹子	胆
Literally: “to eat bear's heart and leopard's gall”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī xióngxīn bàozidǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄠˋ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hung⁴ sam¹ paau³ zi² daam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī xióngxīn bàozidǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄠˋ ˙ㄗ ㄉㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih syóngsin bàozi̊hdǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ hsiung²-hsin¹ pao⁴-tzŭ⁵-tan³
    • Yale: chr̄ syúng-syīn bàu-dz-dǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy shyongshin baw.tzydaan
    • Palladius: чи сюнсинь баоцзыдань (či sjunsinʹ baoczydanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ hung⁴ sam¹ paau³ zi² daam²
    • Yale: hek hùhng sām paau jí dáam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hung⁴ sam¹ paau³ dzi² daam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hung⁴ sem¹ pao³ ji² dam²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰaːu̯³³ t͡siː³⁵ taːm³⁵/

Idiom

吃熊心豹子膽

1. to brace up; summon up one's courage
2. bold; audacious; foolhardy