粵

三saam1顧gu3茅maau4廬lou4

simp三顾茅庐
saam1 gu3 maau4 lou4sān gù máo lú

English

  1. 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)
  2. to sincerely and humbly invite a talented person multiple times, originating from the story of Liu Bei paying three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage to ask him to come out of seclusion and assist Liu in the Three Kingdoms era
  3. fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指虛心真誠噉多次邀請人才出任，出自三國時期劉備三次拜訪諸葛亮請佢出山相助嘅典故

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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