三 顾 茅 庐

sāngùmáolú

lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 (Sān guó Yǎn yì) in which Liu Bei 刘备 (Liú Bèi) recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (Zhū gě Liàng) to his cause by visiting him three times); fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

Traditional 三顧茅廬

Meaning

sāngùmáolúsan1 gu4 mao2 lu2

lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 Sān guó Yǎn yì in which Liu Bei 刘备 Liú Bèi recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng to his cause by visiting him three times)
fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb