Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「三顧茅廬」, explained below.
Here, we present the idiom 「三顧茅廬」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Gu: visit; thatched hut: thatched hut. It was originally a story about Liu Bei’s visit to Zhuge Liang in the late Han Dynasty. It is a metaphor for sincerity and repeated invitation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sān gù máo lú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saam1 gu3 maau4 lou4
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
