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初生

chū shēng

2-character word

What 初生 means

1. newborn
2. nascent
3. primary (biology)

The characters in 初生

• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Example sentences

• 初生之犊不畏虎。
  Chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ.
  The sacrificed newborn doesn't fear the tiger.

Words starting with 初生

• 初生牛犊不怕虎chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔlit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom); fig. the young are fearless
• 初生之犊不怕虎chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔsee 初生牛犊不怕虎
• 初生之犊不畏虎chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔsee 初生牛犊不怕虎

Sounds the same

Read chū shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 出生to be born
• 出声to make a sound; to speak; to cry out
• 初升rising (sun, moon etc)
• 初声the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable