初出茅庐

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

surname Mao

reeds / rushes

thatched cottage

hut