乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān

DEFINITIONS

  1. smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. still wet behind the ears

CHARACTERS

乳 rǔ breast, nipples; milk, suckle
臭 xiù smell, stink, emit foul odor
未 wèi not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)