lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom); fig. the young are fearless
trad. 初生牛犢不怕虎
Also written 初生牛犢不怕虎【chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ】
Characters in this word
7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
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500
牛
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surname Niu
- Pinyin
- Niú
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2680 of 2500
犊
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calf, sacrificial victim
- Pinyin
- dú
- Traditional
- 犢
- Strokes
- 12
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
怕
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surname Pa
- Pinyin
- Pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 785 of 2500
虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500