菜鸟 (菜鳥)
cài niǎo
Pinyin

Definition

菜鸟 (菜鳥)
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cài niǎo
  1. (coll.) sb new to a particular subject
  2. rookie
  3. beginner
  4. newbie

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

菜
cài
  1. 1 dish (type of food)
  2. 2 vegetable
  3. 3 cuisine
  4. 4 classifier: 盘 pán
  5. 5 classifier: 道 dào
  6. 6 (coll.) (one's) type
  7. 7 (of one's skills etc) weak
  8. 8 poor
菜刀
cài dāo
  1. 1 vegetable knife
  2. 2 kitchen knife
  3. 3 cleaver
  4. 4 classifier: 把 bǎ
蔬菜
shū cài
  1. 1 vegetables
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng
青菜
qīng cài
  1. 1 green vegetables
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
上菜
shàng cài
  1. 1 to serve food

Idioms (7)

小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
  1. 1 a small appetizer
  2. 2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
  1. 1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r
  1. 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
  2. 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
  1. 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means

Sample Sentences

连你这种菜鸟都上路了，无人驾驶还会远吗？
lián nǐ zhèzhǒng càiniǎo dōu shànglù le ，wúrénjiàshǐ hái huì yuǎn ma ？
Even a rookie like you can become a driver, the days of driverless driving wouldn’t be far isn’t it?
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原来冥想课有这么多的好处，我是个菜鸟还没什么深刻的体会。
yuánlái míngxiǎng kè yǒu zhème duō de hǎochu ，wǒ shì gè càiniǎo hái méishénme shēnkè de tǐhuì 。
Turns out there are all these benefits to meditation. I'm a newbie and haven't had any profound realisations yet.
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你个菜鸟，下次不和你组队了。他的剑圣怎么那么强？
nǐ ge càiniǎo ，xiàcì bù hé nǐ zǔduì le 。tā de jiànshèng zěnme nàme qiáng ？
You newbs. Next time, I'm not playing on your team. How is his Blade Master so strong?
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这我就不明白了，你花钱让别人玩，那还有什么乐趣?我还是觉得自己享受游戏的过程比积分更重要。不过，说实话，一步一步玩下去还真累。怪不得我到现在还是菜鸟。
zhè wǒ jiù bù míngbái le ，nǐ huāqián ràng biérén wánr ，nà hái yǒu shénme lèqù ?wǒ hái shì juéde zìjǐ xiǎngshòu yóuxì de guòchéng bǐ jīfēn gèng zhòngyào 。bùguò ，shuō shíhuà ，yíbù yíbù wánxiàqu hái zhēn lèi 。guàibude wǒ dàoxiànzài hái shì càiniǎo 。
That's something I still don't get-- where's the fun in spending money for other people to play? I think enjoying the process of playing is more important than accumulating points. But to tell you the truth, playing along, step by step, is really tiring. No wonder I'm still a newbie.
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