初叶 (初葉)
chū yè
Pinyin
Definition
初叶 (初葉)
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- early part (of a decade, century etc)
- the first years
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 at first
- 2 (at the) beginning
- 3 first
- 4 junior
- 5 basic
- 1 first day of lunar month
- 2 New Year's Day
- 3 first year in junior middle school
- 1 third year in junior middle school
- 1 junior high school
- 2 abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
- 1 2nd year in junior middle school
- 2 2nd day of a lunar month
- 3 2nd day of lunar New Year
Idioms (9)
初出茅庐
- 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- 2 young and inexperienced
- 3 novice
- 4 greenhorn
初生之犊不畏虎
- 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
- 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
- 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. the young are fearless
初露头角
- 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
- 2 first sign of emerging talent
- 3 budding genius
悔不当初
- 1 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)