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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 三顾茅庐
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | - 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 96,802 | 73,190 | 61,838 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 三 | sān | - surname San |
| 三 | sān | - three - 3 |
| 顾 | gù | - surname Gu |
| 顾 | gù | - to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to |
| 茅 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 茅 | máo | - reeds - rushes |
| 庐 | lú | - surname Lu - Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui - Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lu2 Shan1] in Jiangxi Province |
| 庐 | lú | - hut |
Other Words Containing 三顾茅庐
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 三顾茅庐 | - | - | 96,802 | 73,190 | 61,838 |