鼓起勇氣

to summon one's courage

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell

to summon one's (courage, faith etc) / to puff up (one's cheeks etc) / to bulge / to swell out

to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

brave

courage / valor

gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi