初出茅庐

Traditional: 初出茅廬

chū chū máo lú

Dictionary entry

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)

What does 初出茅庐 mean?

初出茅庐 (chū chū máo lú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)

2young and inexperienced

3novice

4greenhorn

Character breakdown

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初chū(bound form) at first; initially · (bound form) first; early 出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 茅Máosurname Mao 庐Lúsurname Lu · Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui

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初出茅庐

chū chū máo lú

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