<p>Your impression is correct, it can also be expressed as</p>
<blockquote>
<p>生瓜蛋子</p>
<p>生手</p>
<p>新手</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I will keep adding when I recall more of those.</p>

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zyy
<p>There's this sentence in <em>The Dark Forest</em> by Liu Cixin:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“你看看，刚才你主动提这事儿，现在又说自己可能杀她，咱就是随便聊聊，你急着抖落这些干吗？一看就是个嫩主。”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Joel Martinsen translated the sentence like this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“Look at you, bringing up the issue on your own. Saying you may have killed her, even. We’re just having a casual chat. What’s your hurry? You’re new at this, that much is clear.”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>That gives the impression that 嫩主 means something like: greenhorn/novice/newbie/rookie.</p>

<p>Most of the results online for "个嫩主" only bring up the same quote from <em>The Dark Forest</em>, but there are a few others:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>新来的主儿太嫩，总要TMD给这些个嫩主儿找点个杈儿。 </p></li>
<li><p>一看212楼就是个嫩主，你还生活在鼓里，别看一下CCAV就乱下评论，</p></li>
<li><p>也不能说他那天都是装的，只是聊着聊着他就发现Helen绝不是个嫩主儿，表现的不卑不亢</p></li>
</ul>

<p>It doesn't seem that greenhorn/novice/newbie/rookie can necessarily be directly substituted for 嫩主 here, though.</p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

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2018-11-29T08:55:24.617Z
I think your impression is correct.
xbh
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Maybe some other alternatives: naïve, inexperienced, innocent…
xbh
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newbie. Why do you not find a English edition as a reference. Indeed English version is not good enough as the first season.
Zhang
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I just realize, my last comment maybe made misunderstanding. It means "newbie"...
Zhang
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What does 嫩主 mean?
# What does 嫩主 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-29)

There's this sentence in *The Dark Forest* by Liu Cixin:

> “你看看，刚才你主动提这事儿，现在又说自己可能杀她，咱就是随便聊聊，你急着抖落这些干吗？一看就是个嫩主。”

Joel Martinsen translated the sentence like this:

> “Look at you, bringing up the issue on your own. Saying you may have killed her, even. We’re just having a casual chat. What’s your hurry? You’re new at this, that much is clear.”

That gives the impression that 嫩主 means something like: greenhorn/novice/newbie/rookie.

Most of the results online for "个嫩主" only bring up the same quote from *The Dark Forest*, but there are a few others:

* 新来的主儿太嫩，总要TMD给这些个嫩主儿找点个杈儿。
* 一看212楼就是个嫩主，你还生活在鼓里，别看一下CCAV就乱下评论，
* 也不能说他那天都是装的，只是聊着聊着他就发现Helen绝不是个嫩主儿，表现的不卑不亢

It doesn't seem that greenhorn/novice/newbie/rookie can necessarily be directly substituted for 嫩主 here, though.

Any ideas?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think your impression is correct.  
> **username_1**: Maybe some other alternatives: naïve, inexperienced, innocent…  
> **username_2**: newbie. Why do you not find a English edition as a reference. Indeed English version is not good enough as the first season.  
> **username_2**: I just realize, my last comment maybe made misunderstanding. It means "newbie"...  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-11-29. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Your impression is correct, it can also be expressed as

> 生瓜蛋子
>
> 生手
>
> 新手

I will keep adding when I recall more of those.


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