初生之犢不畏虎

lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth

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

newborn / nascent / primary (biology)

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

calf / sacrificial victim

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

unafraid / to defy

to fear

tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]