牛逼
Explanation:
Some Chinese colleagues have been discussing a Chinese expression for a "newbie." One of them come up with "big shot" for such an important and influential person as "newbie，" written in Chinese as 牛逼.
This expression is a real slang in Chinese, very pejorative. Be careful in using it. You might get hurt by calling someone a "newbie."
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Note added at 12 mins (2008-04-10 18:48:10 GMT)
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Oh, the someone was the one who provides another answer as "大腕."
I guess he wants to save your life with a more harmless expression, which is though not a slang.
For "newbie," I guess he would be able to explain more for you.
| Wenjer Leuschel
Taiwan
Local time: 21:32
Native speaker of:  Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +9