少不更事 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears

Character by character

• 少shàofew, little; less; inadequate
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 更gēngmore, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
• 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci

Idioms sharing a character

• 人烟稀少 rén yān xī shǎo
• 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
• 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo
• 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo
• 寡二少双 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
• 少见多怪 shǎo jiàn duō guài
• 年少无知 nián shào wú zhī
• 疏谋少略 shū móu shǎo lüè
• 积少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō
• 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí

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