Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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茅庐 | 茅廬 | máolú | - thatched cottage |
三顾茅庐 | 三顧茅廬 | sāngùmáolú | - lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage - cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times |
初出茅庐 | 初出茅廬 | chūchūmáolú | - venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) - young and inexperienced - novice - greenhorn |
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