肝膽相照

See also: 肝胆相照

Chinese

		liver and gallbladder; openheartedness; sincerity	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. innermost feelings)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāndǎnxiāngzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ daam² soeng¹ ziu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāndǎnxiāngzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gandǎnsiangjhào
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-tan³-hsiang¹-chao⁴
    • Yale: gān-dǎn-syāng-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gandaanshiangjaw
    • Palladius: ганьданьсянчжао (ganʹdanʹsjančžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ daam² soeng¹ ziu³
    • Yale: gōn dáam sēung jiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ daam² soeng¹ dziu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ dam² sêng¹ jiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ taːm³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯³³/

Idiom

肝膽相照

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