肝

gān

liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4])

(slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy

flesh (⺼) + sound gān (干) = liver

The flesh radical (⺼) signals this is a body organ. 干 simply contributes the sound gān; the body-part meaning rests entirely with the radical.

⺼+干→肝
⺼FleshSemantic
干A forked polePhonetic

医生说他的肝不太好,要少喝酒。

yī shēng shuō tā de gān bù tài hǎo, yào shǎo hē jiǔ。

The doctor said his liver is not in great shape, so he should drink less.

这个游戏太肝了,每天要花好几个小时才能升级。

zhè ge yóu xì tài gān le, měi tiān yào huā hǎo jǐ ge xiǎo shí cái néng shēng jí。

This game is really grindy — you have to put in several hours every day just to level up.

Words with 肝

肝胆相照

gān dǎn xiāng zhào

to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion

驴肝肺

lǘ gān fèi

a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent

鱼肝油

yú gān yóu

cod liver oil

鹅肝

é gān

foie gras

龙肝凤胆

lóng gān fèng dǎn

rare food

丁型肝炎

dīng xíng gān yán

hepatitis D

丙型肝炎

bǐng xíng gān yán

hepatitis C

乙型肝炎

yǐ xíng gān yán

hepatitis B

乙肝

yǐ gān

hepatitis B

剖肝沥胆

pōu gān lì dǎn

(idiom) to be completely honest and sincere

动肝火

dòng gān huǒ

to get angry

好心倒做了驴肝肺

hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fèi

(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will

More characters with ⺼

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