Dictionary/菜鸟

菜鸟 菜鳥

cài niǎo

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

Characters

菜鸟

Example

wǒ我de的yì xiē一些tóng xué同学zhēn shì真是cài niǎo菜鸟，tā men他们yì diǎn一点dōu都bù不dǒng懂jì suàn jī计算机。
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.