乳臭未干 — Chinese idiom
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
Traditional: 乳臭未乾
Meaning
- lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried
- fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
Character by character
- 乳rǔbreast, nipples; milk; to suckle
- 臭xiùto reek, to smell, to stink
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 干gānarid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
Idioms sharing a character
- 如蝇逐臭 rú yíng zhú chòu
- 臭不可闻 chòu bù kě wén
- 臭名昭彰 chòu míng zhāo zhāng
- 臭气冲天 chòu qì chōng tiān
- 臭气熏天 chòu qì xūn tiān
- 遗臭万年 yí chòu wàn nián
- 前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu
- 前所未闻 qián suǒ wèi wén
- 前缘未了 qián yuán wèi liǎo
- 宝刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
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