初出茅廬

Simplified: 初出茅庐

chūchūmáolú ㄔㄨ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ

    • venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
    • young and inexperienced
    • novice
    • greenhorn

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