三顧茅廬

saam1 gu3 maau4 lou4

lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]{saam1 gwok3 jin2 ji6} in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4]{lau4 bei6} recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]{zyu1 got3 loeng6} to his cause by visiting him three times) · fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

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Meanings

  1. lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]{saam1 gwok3 jin2 ji6} in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4]{lau4 bei6} recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]{zyu1 got3 loeng6} to his cause by visiting him three times)
  2. fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

Written Forms

三顧茅廬Traditional · Main Form
三顾茅庐Alternate Form

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