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肝胆相照

gān dǎn xiāng zhào

4-character word Traditional 肝膽相照

What 肝胆相照 means

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

The characters in 肝胆相照

• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine

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