| 人次 | rén cì | person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating |  |
| 互访 | hù fǎng | exchange visits |  |
| 三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | 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] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb |  |
| 晨昏定省 | chén hūn dìng xǐng | morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] |  |
| 刘姥姥进大观园 | Liú lǎo lao jìn Dà guān yuán | Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens / (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings |  |
| 聘问 | pìn wèn | international exchange of visits / to visit as envoy / to visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture) |  |
| 赤口日 | chì kǒu rì | third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day) |  |