chū chū máo lú

Traditional: 初出茅廬

初出茅庐 (chū chū máo lú) is a Chinese word meaning “venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice”.

Meanings

  1. 1venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2young and inexperienced
  3. 3novice
  4. 4greenhorn

Characters in 初出茅庐

初chū · (bound form) at first; initially出chū · to go out; to come out茅máo · reeds庐lú · hut

Related words

出to go out; to come out出variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出去to go out出现to appear出色remarkable; outstanding出发to set off演出to act (in a play)做出to put out出生to be born付出to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

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