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 sāngùmáolú
茅庐三顾 / 茅廬三顧 máolúsāngù
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
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 sāngùmáolú
草庐三顾 / 草廬三顧 cǎolúsāngù
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
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 sāngùmáolú
三顾草庐 / 三顧草廬 sāngùcǎolú
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 三顾茅庐/三顧茅廬 · sāngùmáolú · to earnestly request someone's services — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
三顾茅庐 / 三顧茅廬
sāngùmáolú
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 · máolú · thatched cottage
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition