粵

菜coi3鳥niu5

simp菜鸟
coi3 niu5inferredcài niǎo

English

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

Examples

  • 我的一些同学真是菜鸟,他们一点都不懂计算机。

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

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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