venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn
trad. 初出茅廬
Also written 初出茅廬【chū chū máo lú】
Characters in this word
4初
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(bound form) at first; initially, (bound form) first; early, (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5643 of 2500
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500
茅
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surname Mao
- Pinyin
- Máo
- Strokes
- 8
庐
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surname Lu, Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui, Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lu2 Shan1] in Jiangxi Province
- Pinyin
- Lú
- Traditional
- 廬
- Strokes
- 7