dǎn
gǎn
chēng
tiān
shèng
How dare he declare himself Great Sage the Equal to Heaven?
to dare (negative connotation) / to have the audacity to (do sth)
dǎn = d + an3
gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
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gǎn = g + an3
to dare / daring / (polite) may I venture
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to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess / to claim a title
= z + Ø4
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
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to fit / balanced / suitable
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to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
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variant of 秤[cheng4] / steelyard
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Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
= qi + Ø2
(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi
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= qi + Ø2
neat / even / level with / identical / simultaneous / all together / to even sth out
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gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
tiān = ti + an1
day / sky / heaven
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great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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= ku + Ø1
to dig
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old variant of 聖|圣[sheng4]
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holy / sacred / saint / sage
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