膽生毛
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder |
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
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trad. (膽生毛) | 膽 | 生 | 毛 | |
simp. (胆生毛) | 胆 | 生 | 毛 | |
Literally: “to have hair on one's guts”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: daam2 saang1 mou4
- Yale: dáam sāang mòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: daam2 saang1 mou4
- Guangdong Romanization: dam2 sang1 mou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /taːm³⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]膽生毛
- (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) to be audacious but reckless