5.08Usage: +++
甘
1. Sweet (taste)
- 甘草 (gān cǎo) Chinese liquorice root Literal. Sweet grass
- 甘油 (gān yóu) Glycerine
- 甘蔗 (gān zhè) Sugarcane
- 甘薯 (gān shú) Sweet potato
- 甘菊 (gān jú) Chamomile
2. Glad
- 甘心 (gān xīn) Glad to / Willing to Literal. Glad heart
- 不甘心 (bù gān xīn) Reluctant
- 心甘情愿 (xīn gān qíng yuàn) Willingly (do something) / More than happy to (do something) Literal. Heart glad, sentiment willing
+ A LITTLE MORE +
同甘共苦 (tòng gān gòng kǔ) Stick with each other, for better or worse Literal. Shared sweetness and joint bitterness
甘拜下风 (gān bài xià fēng) Earnest respect (to someone) Literal. Glad to pay respect and take the lower wind (position) – widely used as a recognition when one is genuinely impressed by another's ability
自甘堕落 (zì gān duò luò) Self-induced languishment Literal. Self glad to decline – widely used to describe someone who has "gone to the dark side" on one's own accord