乳臭未干 — Chinese idiom

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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