| Change log entry 79500 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2023-09-17 20:32:23 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 72941 - submitted by 'bezier_benzoate' >> add non-literal meaning https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E9%A1%A7%E8%8D%89%E5%BB%AC Mentions the business-specific meaning https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B8%89%E9%A1%BE%E8%8C%85%E5%BA%90/147054 Mentions a more general meaning of persistence in one's requests |
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- 三顧茅廬 三顾茅庐 [san1 gu4 mao2 lu2] /lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage/cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times/ # + 三顧茅廬 三顾茅庐 [san1 gu4 mao2 lu2] /lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage (refers to an episode in the fictional Romance of 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] (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙[wo4 long2]) to his cause by visiting him three times)/to repeatedly extend invitations; to be persistent in one's requests/to attract talent with generous pay/ + 三顧茅廬 三顾茅庐 [san1 gu4 mao2 lu2] /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)/fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb/ |