膽生毛

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (膽生毛)		膽	生	毛
simp. (胆生毛)		胆	生	毛
Literally: “to have hair on one's guts”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² saang¹ mou⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam² saang¹ mou⁴
    • Yale: dáam sāang mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam² saang¹ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam² sang¹ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹/

Idiom

膽生毛

1. (Cantonese, Leizhou Min) to be audacious but reckless