菜鸟

Traditional: 菜鳥

cài niǎo

Dictionary entry

(coll.) sb new to a particular subject

What does 菜鸟 mean?

菜鸟 (cài niǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(coll.) sb new to a particular subject

2rookie

3beginner

4newbie

Character breakdown

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菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]) · dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])鸟diǎovariant of 屌[diao3] · penis

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How to pronounce 菜鸟

菜鸟

cài niǎo

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