| 壮起胆子 |
zhuàng qǐ dǎn zi |
to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face |
| 壮 |
Zhuàng |
Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group |
| 壮 |
zhuàng |
to strengthen / strong / robust |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 胆 |
dǎn |
gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) |
| 胆子 |
dǎn zi |
courage / nerve / guts |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |