| 三顾茅庐 |
sān gù máo lú |
lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 in which Liu Bei 刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 顾 |
Gù |
surname Gu |
| 顾 |
gù |
to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to |
| 茅 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 茅 |
máo |
reeds / rushes |
| 茅庐 |
máo lú |
thatched cottage |
| 庐 |
Lú |
surname Lu / Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 庐州, a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui / Mount Lu 庐山 in Jiangxi Province |
| 庐 |
lú |
hut |