yuán​xià​jū

inexperienced person

  • created reference approved 辕下驹/轅下駒 → 辕驹 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    辕下驹 / 轅下駒 yuán​xià​jū

    辕驹 yuán​jū

    abbreviation

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  • created sense approved 辕下驹/轅下駒 · yuán​xià​jū · inexperienced person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    辕下驹 / 轅下駒

    yuán​xià​jū

    inexperienced person

    (literary) a youth who has seen little of the world or lacks practical experience

    辕 (literal) → 辕/轅 · yuán · shafts 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 驹 (literal) → 驹/駒 · jū · colt

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 辕下驹/轅下駒 · yuán​xià​jū · person under restraint — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    辕下驹 / 轅下駒

    yuán​xià​jū

    person under restraint

    someone who is under heavy restraint or unable to exercise their talents, like a young horse cramped under a carriage shaft

    辕 (literal) → 辕/轅 · yuán · shafts 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 驹 (literal) → 驹/駒 · jū · colt

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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