胆 子 dǎn zi courage / nerve / guts 胆 量 dǎn liàng courage / boldness / guts 胆 dǎn gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) 有 种 yǒu zhǒng to have guts / to have courage / to be brave 搜 肠 刮 肚 sōu cháng guā dù to search one's guts and belly (idiom) / to racks one's brains for a solution 肝 肠 寸 断 gān cháng cùn duàn lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken 食 肉 寝 皮 shí ròu qǐn pí to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom) / to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters 带 种 dài zhǒng (coll.) to have character / to have guts / plucky 有 色 无 胆 yǒu sè wú dǎn to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it / to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it / to be all talk and no action 没 种 méi zhǒng not to have the guts (to do sth) / cowardly