| 胆汁 | dǎn zhī | gall / bile |  |
| 胆 |  dǎn | gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) |  |
| 卧薪尝胆 | wò xīn cháng dǎn | lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge | |
| 闻风丧胆 | wén fēng sàng dǎn | hear the wind and lose gall (idiom) / terror-stricken at the news | |
| 六神 | liù shén | the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3]) | |
| 蛇胆 | shé dǎn | snake gall (used in TCM) | |
| 熊胆 | xióng dǎn | bear gall (used in TCM) | |
| 披肝沥胆 | pī gān lì dǎn | lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom) / wholehearted loyalty | |
| 有脸 | yǒu liǎn | lit. having face / to have prestige / to command respect / to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous) / to have the gall / not ashamed to | |
| 吃熊心豹子胆 | chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn | to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) / to pluck up some courage | |
