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): ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ sang¹ zi¹ duk⁶ / co¹ sang¹ zi¹ zuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūshēngzhīdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ
    • 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 / co¹ sang¹ zi¹ zuk⁶
    • Yale: chō sāng jī duhk / chō sāng jī juhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ sang¹ dzi¹ duk⁹ / tso¹ sang¹ dzi¹ dzuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ seng¹ ji¹ dug⁶ / co¹ seng¹ ji¹ zug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/, /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚²/

Idiom

初生之犢

1. (literally) newborn calf
2. (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)