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- 三顾茅庐 讲 的 是 刘备 三次 真诚 拜访 诸葛亮
- zh 三顾茅庐
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- san1gu4mao2lu2) lit. 3 humble visits to a thatched cottage. Event when liu bei recruited zhuge liang
- to repeatedly request somebody to take up a post (idiom)
- make three calls at the thatched cottage (as Liu Bei (刘备) did when he sought the aid of Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮), a master strategist then living in seclusion)—make earnest and repeated requests of sb. (to take up a responsible post)
