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三顧茅廬
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sāngùmáolú
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- lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 Sānguó Yǎnyì in which Liu Bei 劉備 Liú Bèi recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮 Zhūgě Liàng to his cause by visiting him three times)
- fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
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初出茅廬
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chūchūmáolú
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- venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- young and inexperienced
- novice
- greenhorn
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