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菜鳥

càiniǎo

ㄘㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

Simplified 菜鸟

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  1. 1(coll.) sb new to a particular subject
  2. 2rookie
  3. 3beginner
  4. 4newbie
Example

我的一些同學真是菜鳥，他們一點都不懂計算機。

wǒ de yìxiē tóngxué zhēnshi càiniǎo tāmen yìdiǎn dōu bù dǒng jìsuànjī

Some of my classmates are pure noobs; they know nothing about computing sciences.

Keep 菜鳥 and it comes back until you know it.

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