初生之犢不畏虎

See also: 初生之犊不畏虎

Chinese

		to be just born; to be newborn; to begin to develop	's; him/her/it; this	calf; sacrificial victim	not; no	to fear	tiger
trad. (初生之犢不畏虎)		初生	之	犢	不	畏	虎
simp. (初生之犊不畏虎)		初生	之	犊	不	畏	虎
Literally: “A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ sang¹ zi¹ duk⁶ bat¹ wai³ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ [Phonetic: chū shēng zhī dú bú wèi hǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄓ ㄉㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu sheng jhih dú bù wèi hǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹ shêng¹ chih¹ tu² pu⁴ wei⁴ hu³
    • Yale: chū shēng jr̄ dú bù wèi hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu sheng jy dwu bu wey huu
    • Palladius: чу шэн чжи ду бу вэй ху (ču šɛn čži du bu vɛj xu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tu³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ sang¹ zi¹ duk⁶ bat¹ wai³ fu²
    • Yale: chō sāng jī duhk bāt wai fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ sang¹ dzi¹ duk⁹ bat⁷ wai³ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ seng¹ ji¹ dug⁶ bed¹ wei³ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ tʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯³³ fuː³⁵/

Proverb

1. A young person is often willing to take risks.

See also

• (Min Nan) 牛仔毋捌虎