肝胆外科

肝膽外科

gāndǎn wàikē

noun

Meanings

1 hepatobiliary surgery department
2 liver and gallbladder surgery

Characters

external/surgical

Examples

HSK 7-9

胆结石患者转到了肝胆外科。

Dǎnjiéshí huànzhě zhuǎn dào le gāndǎn wàikē.

The gallstone patient was transferred to hepatobiliary surgery.

HSK 7-9

肝胆外科主要做肝癌和胆囊手术。

Gāndǎn wàikē zhǔyào zuò gān'ái hé dǎnnáng shǒushù.

Hepatobiliary surgery mainly handles liver cancer and gallbladder operations.

Tips

usage

肝 = liver, 胆 = gallbladder. 肝胆 also idiomatically means 'courage/loyalty' (see 肝胆相照 'open-hearted devotion'), but in medical signage it's strictly anatomical.

Stroke Order

肝 gān

胆 dǎn

外 wài

科 kē