敢 gǎn

1. gǎn adjective bold; brave
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '敢')
2. gǎn auxiliary verb to dare to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: 敢 is used as a modal auxiliary verb in this sense in both modern and Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 122; Sun 2006, loc. 1723).

Contained in

• 我不敢轻视汝等，汝等皆当作佛(我不敢輕視汝等，汝等皆當作佛) I dare not denigrate anyone of you, for you are all going to become buddhas
• 敢于发问 问出智慧 长于听闻 闻出对话 善于沟通 谈出共识 勇于思考 想出创意 严于磨鍊 鍊出实力 安于静修 修出道念(敢於發問 問出智慧 長於聽聞 聞出對話 善於溝通 談出共識 勇於思考 想出創意 嚴於磨鍊 鍊出實力 安於靜修 修出道念) When you are brave enough to ask questions, wisdom is what you get. When you are a patient listener, communication is what you achieve. When you are a good communicator, consensus is what you attain. When you are a freethinker, creativity is what you attain. When you are a persistent challenger, skill is what you acquire. When you are a calm practitioner, commitment to the Way is what you gain.
• 敢，很重要 Bravery matters
• 兵又敢勇 the soldiers are brave and daring
• 勇敢的一面 On my brave side

Also contained in

舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马 、 不敢自专 、 敢做敢当 、 敢死队 、 不敢越雷池一步 、 石敢当 、 不敢苟同 、 不敢 、 敢为 、 辄敢 、 敢怒而不敢言 、 敢不从命 、 勇敢 、 安敢 、 竟敢 、 不敢当 、 不敢高攀 、 敢作敢当 、 敢于 、 敢情 、 未敢苟同 、 胆敢 、 果敢 、 不敢违其政 、 不敢恭维 、 敢作敢为 、 敢为人先 、 敢打敢冲 、 愧不敢当 、 岂敢

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 12 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 13 , has English translation
• Scroll 5 Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄 — count: 12
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 11
• Scroll 1 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 10
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 10
• Scroll 22 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 10
• Scroll 9 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 10
• Scroll 32 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 10
• Scroll 22 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 9
• Scroll 14 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 9

Collocations

• 敢陈 (敢陳) 聽乃敢陳 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 35 — count: 13
• 未敢 (未敢) 未敢通之 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 敢违 (敢違) 不復敢違 — Sujata Sutra 佛說玉耶女經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 敢能 (敢能) 敢能如是索我相鬪 — Dazhengju Wang Jing (Pāyāsisuttanta) 大正句王經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 敢近 (敢近) 一切鳥獸無敢近者 — Jātaka stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Benyuan Jing) 菩薩本緣經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 不复敢 (不復敢) 終不復敢重詣如來命敵論議 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 敢问 (敢問) 敢問大聖智 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 敢抗 (敢抗) 無敢抗對者 — Da Zhuangyan Lun Jing (Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā) 大莊嚴論經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 敢入 (敢入) 此婢生物敢入中坐 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 26 — count: 3
• 敢来 (敢來) 令諸比丘敢來奉見 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 3