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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
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- 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