壮起胆子

Traditional form:

壯起膽子

Pinyin (reading):

zhuàngqǐdǎnzi

Definitions:

• to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face

Characters:

• 壮 - big, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 胆 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 壯 - big, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 膽 - gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing