胆 (dǎn) means Gall bladder (courage). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他们笑他是个 胆 小鬼。
Tāmen xiào tā shì ge dǎnxiǎoguǐ.
They laughed at him for being a coward.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胆小鬼
别当 胆 小鬼，试一试吧。
Bié dāng dǎnxiǎoguǐ, shì yi shì ba.
Do not be a coward; give it a try.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胆小鬼
面对困难，我们不能 胆 怯。
Miànduì kùnnan, wǒmen bù néng dǎnqiè.
We must not lose our nerve in the face of difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胆怯
他提出了一个大 胆 的设想。
Tā tíchū le yí ge dàdǎn de shèxiǎng.
He put forward a bold idea.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 设想
不妨大 胆 尝试一下新的方法。
Bùfáng dàdǎn chángshì yíxià xīn de fāngfǎ.
There is no harm in boldly trying a new method.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 尝试
第一次上台，他显得有些 胆 怯。
Dì yī cì shàngtái, tā xiǎnde yǒuxiē dǎnqiè.
Going on stage for the first time, he seemed a little timid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胆怯
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Words that contain 胆
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Questions about 胆
How is 胆 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 胆 (dǎn, "Gall bladder (courage)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 胆 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 胆 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 胆 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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