|
|
三顾茅庐
|
sāngùmáolú
|
- lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 Sānguó Yǎnyì in which Liu Bei 刘备 Liú Bèi recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 Zhūgě Liàng to his cause by visiting him three times)
- fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
|
|
|
初出茅庐
|
chūchūmáolú
|
- venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- young and inexperienced
- novice
- greenhorn
|