牛犊 (牛犢)
niú dú
Pinyin

Definition

牛犊 (牛犢)
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niú dú
  1. calf

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 classifier: 瓶 píng
  3. 3 classifier: 杯 bēi
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi

Idioms (20)

九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.

Sample Sentences

只要他发挥正常，绝对有可能拿金牌。听说他最近一年都在国外训练，成绩提高了很多。唯一欠缺的是大赛经验不足，不过初生牛犊不怕虎，反而可能变成他的优势。
zhǐyào tā fāhuī zhèngcháng ，juéduì yǒu kěnéng ná jīnpái 。tīngshuō tā zuìjìn yī nián dōu zài guówài xùnliàn ，chéngjì tígāo le hěn duō 。wéiyī qiànquē de shì dàsài jīngyàn bùzú ，bùguò chūshēngniúdúbùpàhǔ ，fǎnér kěnéng biànchéng tā de yōushì 。
As long as he performs normally he definitely has a chance at taking the gold. I've heard that he's been training abroad for the past year and that his results have improved a lot. His only weakness is that he doesn't have much experience in big competitions. However, newborn calves don't fear tigers; he could use this fearlessness to his advantage.
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