初出茅庐
Traditional form:
初出茅廬
Pinyin (reading):
chūchūmáolú
Definitions:
- venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- young and inexperienced
- novice
- greenhorn
Characters:
- 初 - beginning, initial, primary
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 茅 - rushes, reeds, grass; surname
- 庐 - hut, cottage; the name of a mountain
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