胆敢

胆

膽

dǎn

敢

gǎn

to dare (negative connotation) / to have the audacity to (do sth)

Characters and words in 胆敢

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.

敢

gǎn = g + an3

to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture

敢 = 乛 + 攵 + 耳 : Mnemonic symbol: 石敢当, stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits.

Guy Fawkes erected a stone tablet to ward off evil spirits inside of the anthill, but as he was drinking at the bar he noticed how the stone tablet suddenly started moving all on its own and tried to cut off Guy's ear with a sickle. Consequently, Guy Fawkes takes a sledgehammer and destroys the stone tablet to be safe; he wouldn't dare to have another drink setting next to this weird tablet.