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三顾茅庐
/ sān gù máolú /
Strokes
Definition
lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage/cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义 in which Liu Bei 刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times
Example
Definition
make three calls at the thatched cottage—repeatedly request sb to take up a post
1
Sāngùmáolú
三顾茅庐
,
lǎoxiānsheng
老先生
cái
才
dāying
答应
zuò
做
wǒmen
我们
de
的
xuéshù
学术
gùwèn
顾问
。
Only at our earnest and repeated requests did the old scholar agree to be our academic councillor.