三顾茅庐 Visit the thatched cottage three times
Explanation
三顾茅庐是一个汉语成语，出自《三国志·蜀书·诸葛亮传》，指的是汉末刘备三次拜访诸葛亮，最终请他出山辅佐自己。这个成语比喻真心诚意，一再邀请，也形容对人才的敬重和礼贤下士的态度。
San Gu Mao Lu is a Chinese idiom from the
Origin Story
东汉末年，天下大乱，群雄并起。刘备，字玄德，是一位有雄心壮志的英雄人物，为了建立一个统一的政权，他四处招兵买马，广纳贤才。徐庶是刘备的谋士，他向刘备推荐了诸葛亮，说诸葛亮足智多谋，有经天纬地之才，是不可多得的人才。刘备听后，十分高兴，便与关羽、张飞一起，带着丰厚的礼物，前往隆中拜访诸葛亮。 诸葛亮隐居在隆中的一间茅草房里，自耕自食，却很有学问，人称“卧龙先生”。刘备第一次去拜访诸葛亮，诸葛亮不在家，刘备只得失望地返回。第二次去拜访，诸葛亮又不在家，刘备只好再次返回。第三次去拜访，刘备耐心地等了很久，终于见到了诸葛亮。刘备向诸葛亮说明了自己的雄心壮志，诚心诚意地邀请诸葛亮出山辅佐自己。诸葛亮被刘备的真诚打动，终于答应出山，辅佐刘备建立了蜀汉政权。 三顾茅庐的故事告诉我们，想要得到人才，就必须真心诚意地去邀请，并付出真诚的行动。
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the empire was in chaos and many heroes rose up. Liu Bei, whose courtesy name was Xuande, was an ambitious hero who set out to establish a unified empire. To achieve this goal, he recruited soldiers, bought horses, and sought out talented people. Xu Shu was a strategist for Liu Bei, and he recommended Zhuge Liang to him, saying that Zhuge Liang was very intelligent and resourceful, with the talent to change the world, a rare talent. Liu Bei was very happy to hear this and, along with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, set out for Longzhong with valuable gifts to visit Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in a thatched hut in Longzhong, he cultivated his own land and nurtured his scholarship. He was known as
Usage
这个成语常用来形容对人才的敬重，也用来比喻诚心诚意地邀请他人。
This idiom is often used to describe the respect for talents and also to metaphorically describe the sincere invitation of others.
Examples
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刘备三顾茅庐，终于请动了诸葛亮出山辅佐他建立蜀汉政权。
liu bei san gu mao lu, zhong yu qing dong le zhu ge liang chu shan fu zuo ta jian li shu han zheng quan.
Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times in his humble cottage before finally persuading him to come out of retirement to help him establish the Shu Han dynasty.
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创业初期，他三顾茅庐，终于请到了这位经验丰富的老工程师加入团队。
chuang ye chu qi, ta san gu mao lu, zhong yu qing dao le zhe wei jing yan feng fu de lao gong cheng shi jia ru tuan dui
In the early days of his startup, he visited the experienced engineer three times before finally persuading him to join the team.