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菜鳥

cài niǎo

C1–C2 Level 7

菜鳥 (cài niǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) sb new to a particular subject”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

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

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).