茅庐 | máo lú | thatched cottage | ||
Approximate Results for 茅庐 | ||||
初出茅庐 | chū chū máo lú | venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn | ||
三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | 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 |