chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ

Traditional: 初生牛犢不怕虎

初生牛犊不怕虎 (chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom); fig. the young are fearless”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2fig. the young are fearless

Characters in 初生牛犊不怕虎

初chū · (bound form) at first; initially生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born牛niú · ox犊dú · calf不bù · no; not so怕pà · to be afraid虎hǔ · tiger

Related words

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