The word 胆敢 is formed by combining the character 胆, which means "gallbladder" and by extension conveys "courage" or "boldness", with the character 敢, which means "to dare" or "bold". In this compound, 胆 contributes the semantic element of inner audacity, while 敢 adds the explicit notion of daring action, together creating a term that means "to have the audacity to" or "to dare to".