肝膽相照

肝膽相照

See also: 肝胆相照

Chinese

		openheartedness; sincerity; heroic spirit openheartedness; sincerity; heroic spirit; courage	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
trad. (肝膽相照)		肝膽	相	照
simp. (肝胆相照)		肝胆	相	照
Literally: “to mutually illuminate each others' liver and gall (i.e. inner most feelings)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāndǎn-xiāngzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāndǎn-xiāngzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gandaanshiangjaw
    • IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

肝膽相照

1. to treat one another with absolute sincerity; to show total devotion