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初出茅庐

chū chū máo lú

4-character word Traditional 初出茅廬

What 初出茅庐 means

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

The characters in 初出茅庐

• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 庐lúhut

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