sān​gù​máo​lú

to earnestly request someone's services

  • created reference approved 三顾茅庐/三顧茅廬 → 茅庐三顾/茅廬三顧 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三顾茅庐 / 三顧茅廬 sān​gù​máo​lú

    茅庐三顾 / 茅廬三顧 máo​lú​sān​gù

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  • created reference approved 三顾茅庐/三顧茅廬 → 草庐三顾/草廬三顧 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三顾茅庐 / 三顧茅廬 sān​gù​máo​lú

    草庐三顾 / 草廬三顧 cǎo​lú​sān​gù

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  • created reference approved 三顾茅庐/三顧茅廬 → 三顾草庐/三顧草廬 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三顾茅庐 / 三顧茅廬 sān​gù​máo​lú

    三顾草庐 / 三顧草廬 sān​gù​cǎo​lú

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  • created sense approved 三顾茅庐/三顧茅廬 · sān​gù​máo​lú · to earnestly request someone's services — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三顾茅庐 / 三顧茅廬

    sān​gù​máo​lú

    to earnestly request someone's services

    To make earnest and repeated requests for someone to take up a post or help with a cause; literally "to visit the thatched cottage three times," based on the story of [[刘备|劉備|liu2 bei4]] recruiting [[诸葛亮|諸葛亮|zhu1 ge3 liang4]] in the [[三国演义|三國演義|san1 guo2 yan3 yi4]].

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 顾 (literal) → 顾/顧 · gù · to visit 茅庐 (literal) → 茅庐/茅廬 · máo​lú · thatched cottage

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