初生之犊不畏虎
Traditional form:
初生之犢不畏虎
Pinyin (reading):
chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ
Definitions:
- lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
- fig. the fearlessness of youth
Characters:
- 初 - beginning, initial, primary
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 犊 - calf; sacrificial lamb
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 畏 - fear, dread, awe, reverence
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
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