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Open the tool →新来乍到 (xīn lái zhà dào) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be newly arrived”.
新来乍到 is pronounced xīn lái zhà dào in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 新来乍到 means “newly come, just arrived”. It is used to mean “to be newly arrived”.
乍:刚才,起初。形容为时不久或刚刚来到一个新地方。