初出茅庐 — Chinese idiom
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
Traditional: 初出茅廬
Meaning
- venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time
- young and inexperienced
- novice
- greenhorn
Character by character
- 初chūbeginning, initial, primary
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 茅máorushes, reeds, grass; surname
- 庐lúhut, cottage; the name of a mountain
Idioms sharing a character
- 初露头角 chū lù tóu jiǎo
- 悔不当初 huǐ bù dāng chū
- 情窦初开 qíng dòu chū kāi
- 仓皇出逃 cāng huáng chū táo
- 倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū
- 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài
- 出乎意料 chū hū yì liào
- 出乎预料 chū hū yù liào
- 出人意外 chū rén yì wài
- 出人意料 chū rén yì liào
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