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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 初生牛犊不怕虎
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 初生牛犊不怕虎 | chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ | - lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) - fig. the young are fearless |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 66,594 | 59,059 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 初 | chū | - at first - (at the) beginning - first - junior - basic |
| 生 | shēng | - to be born - to give birth - life - to grow - raw - uncooked - student |
| 牛 | niú | - surname Niu |
| 牛 | niú | - ox - cow - bull - CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] - newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) - (slang) awesome |
| 犊 | dú | - calf - sacrificial victim |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 怕 | pà | - surname Pa |
| 怕 | pà | - to be afraid - to fear - to dread - to be unable to endure - perhaps |
| 虎 | hǔ | - tiger - CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
Other Words Containing 初生牛犊不怕虎
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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