初生牛犊不怕虎

Traditional: 初生牛犢不怕虎

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Dictionary entry

lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)

What does 初生牛犊不怕虎 mean?

初生牛犊不怕虎 (chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)

2fig. the young are fearless

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初chū(bound form) at first; initially · (bound form) first; early 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 牛Niúsurname Niu 犊dúcalf · sacrificial victim 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-怕Pàsurname Pa 虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]

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