chū lái zhà dào

Traditional: 初來乍到

初来乍到 (chū lái zhà dào) is a Chinese word meaning “to be a newcomer; just off the boat”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be a newcomer
  2. 2just off the boat

Characters in 初来乍到

初chū · (bound form) at first; initially来lái · to come乍zhà · at first到dào · to reach; to arrive

Related words

来to come到to reach; to arrive起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state看到to see回来to return; to come back找到to find出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)过来to come over过来see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]下来to come down

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