"Beginner" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student / schoolchild / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / (fig.) beginner
 cài niǎo (coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie
 chū xīn (one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
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