粵

三saam1顧gu3草cou2廬lou4

saam1 gu3 cou2 lou4sān gù cǎo lúinferred

English

  1. 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

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: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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