Usage of the character 肝
gān
肝
[肝]
- liver (CL:葉／叶 (yè))
- (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
féigān
肥肝
[肥肝]
- foie gras
kègān
氪肝
[氪肝]
- (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups)
gānyán
肝炎
[肝炎]
- hepatitis
gāntáng
肝糖
[肝糖]
- glycogen
gāntáng
肝醣
[肝醣]
- (Tw) glycogen
yǐgān
乙肝
[乙肝]
- hepatitis B
gānzàng
肝脏
[肝臟]
- liver
xīngān
心肝
[心肝]
- darling
- (in negative sentences) heart
- humanity
jiǎgān
甲肝
[甲肝]
- hepatitis A
gānbìng
肝病
[肝病]
- liver disease
gānhuǒ
肝火
[肝火]
- irascibility
- irritability
- (TCM) inflammation of the liver
gān'ái
肝癌
[肝癌]
- liver cancer
égān
鹅肝
[鵝肝]
- foie gras
dònggānhuǒ
动肝火
[動肝火]
- to get angry
gānxīchóng
肝吸虫
[肝吸蟲]
- liver fluke
zhīfánggān
脂肪肝
[脂肪肝]
- fatty liver
lügānfèi
驴肝肺
[驢肝肺]
- a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
yúgānyóu
鱼肝油
[魚肝油]
- cod liver oil
gānyìnghuà
肝硬化
[肝硬化]
- cirrhosis
niúgānjùn
牛肝菌
[牛肝菌]
- porcino (Boletus edulis)
gānnǎotúdì
肝脑涂地
[肝腦塗地]
- to offer one's life in sacrifice
bǐngxínggānyán
丙型肝炎
[丙型肝炎]
- hepatitis C
lónggānfèngdǎn
龙肝凤胆
[龍肝鳳膽]
- rare food
- ambrosia (delicacy)
jiǎxínggānyán
甲型肝炎
[甲型肝炎]
- hepatitis A
dīngxínggānyán
丁型肝炎
[丁型肝炎]
- hepatitis D
bāxīnbāgān
巴心巴肝
[巴心巴肝]
- with all one's heart (dialect)
jiūxīnbāgān
揪心扒肝
[揪心扒肝]
- (idiom) extremely anxious
- anguished
yǐxínggānyán
乙型肝炎
[乙型肝炎]
- hepatitis B
gānchángcùnduàn
肝肠寸断
[肝腸寸斷]
- lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)
- fig. grief-stricken
gāndǎnxiāngzhào
肝胆相照
[肝膽相照]
- to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
shūgānlǐqì
疏肝理气
[疏肝理氣]
- to course the liver and rectify 氣／气 (qì) (TCM)
wùxínggānyán
戊型肝炎
[戊型肝炎]
- hepatitis E
jǐxínggānyán
己型肝炎
[己型肝炎]
- hepatitis F
xīngānbǎobèi
心肝宝贝
[心肝寶貝]
- precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart
pīgānlìdǎn
披肝沥胆
[披肝瀝膽]
- lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty
pōugānlìdǎn
剖肝沥胆
[剖肝瀝膽]
- to be completely honest and sincere (idiom)
měiwèiniúgānjùn
美味牛肝菌
[美味牛肝菌]
- porcino (Boletus edulis)
bìngdúxìnggānyán
病毒性肝炎
[病毒性肝炎]
- viral hepatitis
hǎoxīndàozuòlelügānfèi
好心倒做了驴肝肺
[好心倒做了驢肝肺]
- (idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will