破膽

破

pò

胆

膽

dǎn

to be scared stiff

Characters and words in 破膽

破

pò = p + o4

broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of

破 = 皮 + 石 : Pinocchio is playing with his cow hide in the observatory's bathroom. Unfortunately he accidentally destroys the toilet by hurling a huge rock at the toilet, using the cow hide as sling.

胆

膽

dǎn = d + an3

gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

胆 = 旦 + 月 : Don Quixote (d) suffers from a huge moon-shaped (月) gall stone (胆), so inside of the anthill (an3) he drinks medicine from a big mug (旦). His moon gall stone is so big, it has gall stones on its own and it is drinking medicine from a mug as well.