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庐lú

hut

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庐Lú

surname Lu / Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lú Zhōu], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui / Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lú Shān] in Jiangxi Province

初出茅庐chū chū máo lú

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn

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[Sān guó Yǎn yì] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liú Bèi] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhū gě Liàng] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb