初生之犢

Chinese

		to be just born; to be newborn; to begin to develop	's; him/her/it; this	calf; sacrificial victim
trad. (初生之犢)		初生	之	犢
simp. (初生之犊)		初生	之	犊

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūshēngzhīdú

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄕㄥㄓㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ sang¹ zi¹ duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūshēngzhīdú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄕㄥㄓㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chushengjhihdú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shêng¹-chih¹-tu²
  - Yale: chū-shēng-jr̄-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushengjydwu
  - Palladius: чушэнчжиду (čušɛnčžidu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ sang¹ zi¹ duk⁶
  - Yale: chō sāng jī duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ sang¹ dzi¹ duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ seng¹ ji¹ dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/

Idiom

初生之犢

(literally) newborn calf
(figurative) simple or daring young person

Derived terms

初生之犢不怕虎／初生之犊不怕虎
初生之犢不懼虎／初生之犊不惧虎
初生之犢不畏虎／初生之犊不畏虎 (chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ)

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