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Jyutping gam2 wai4
Pinyin gǎn wéi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to dare to do
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    敢作敢为
    敢作敢為
    gam2 zok3 gam2 wai4
    • decisive and bold in action
  2. Cantonese
    佢系一个敢作敢为嘅人,所以我好欣赏佢。
    佢係一個敢作敢為嘅人,所以我好欣賞佢。
    • She is a ballsy lady. That’s why I appreciate her a lot.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    贼臣董卓,敢为欺天之谋,吾当以颈血溅之!
    賊臣董卓,敢為欺天之謀,吾當以頸血濺之!
    zéi chén dǒng zhuó , gǎn wèi qī tiān zhī móu , wú dāng yǐ jǐng xuè jiàn zhī !
    • Dong Zhuo, you villainous scoundrel! You dare carry out a scheme which deceives heaven. I should stain you with the blood of my (severed) neck (rather than submit, and live in tyranny)!
  2. Mandarin
    南社先于新文化运动进行社会革命和文化革新,但是这些敢为天下先和敢吃螃蟹的开拓精神,并没有得到作为后继者的新文化运动领导人物的认可与赞同,相反却遭到了他们的肆意贬低与冷嘲热讽。
    南社先於新文化運動進行社會革命和文化革新,但是這些敢為天下先和敢吃螃蟹的開拓精神,並沒有得到作為後繼者的新文化運動領導人物的認可與贊同,相反卻遭到了他們的肆意貶低與冷嘲熱諷。
    nán shè xiān yú xīn wén huà yùn dòng jìn xíng shè huì gé mìng hé wén huà gé xīn , dàn shì zhè xiē gǎn wèi tiān xià xiān hé gǎn chī páng xiè de kāi tuò jīng shén , bìng méi yǒu dé dào zuò wéi hòu jì zhě de xīn wén huà yùn dòng lǐng dǎo rén wù de rèn kě yǔ zàn tóng , xiàng fǎn què zāo dào le tā men de sì yì biǎn dī yǔ lěng cháo rè fěng .
    • Nanshe committed itself earlier than New Culture Movement to social and cultural reform. Unfortunately, this pioneering spirit to take the lead and dare to try was not approved, but scorned and disparaged by its successors, i.e. New Culture Movement leaders.