chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ

Traditional: 初生之犢不畏虎

初生之犊不畏虎 (chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom); fig. the fearlessness of youth”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2fig. the fearlessness of youth

Characters in 初生之犊不畏虎

初chū · (bound form) at first; initially生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])犊dú · calf不bù · no; not so畏wèi · to fear虎hǔ · tiger

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