初出茅庐

chū chū máo lú

Rare

Definitions

1. venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
2. young and inexperienced
3. novice
4. greenhorn

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Child Words of 初出茅庐

to go out

at first

hut

reeds

thatched cottage