dǎn​dà​rú​dǒu

brave as a lion

  1. dǎn nounadjective
    courage
    Bravery or guts; derived from the traditional Chinese belief that the gallbladder is the source of a person's courage.
  2. adjective
    big
    big; large; great; vast; high in scale or intensity; (of a person) old; adult
  3. preposition
    to be like
    to be like; to be similar to; as if
  4. [unit of volume]
    a dry measure for grain equal to ten shēng; a decaliter