肝
Meanings
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- 1.liver (CL:叶[yè])
- 2.(slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game)
- 3.(of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
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Wiktionary
- 1.liver (Classifier: 葉／叶; 個／个)
- 2.mind; thoughts
- 3.to grind; to repeat a task day and night, which may exhaust the liver, in order to achieve a specific goal
- 4.grindy
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kaːn): semantic ⺼ (“flesh; body part”) + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn). Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter; salty; bile; liver”), in which case it would be related to 苦 (OC *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs, “bitter”); also compare Proto-Bodo-Garo *bi-ka (“liver”), whence Bodo (India) [script needed] (bi-ka, “liver”), Garo bika (“liver”). Alternatively, Schuessler (2007) compares it with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-kal ~ *s-gal (“lower back; kidney”), whence Tibetan མཁལ་མ (mkhal ma, “kidney”), Mizo kal (“kidney”), Chepang गल् (“kidney”), Burmese ခါး (hka:, “waist”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
她哭得肝腸寸斷。
She cried her heart out.
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Derived terms
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