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)

• tāsāngùmáolúcáiqǐngdàonàwèizhuānjiā.

  他三顾茅庐才请到那位专家。🔊

  He had to visit three times before he could persuade that expert to come.

fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

• tāsāngùmáolú,zhōngyúqǐngdàolezhèwèizhuānjiā.

  他三顾茅庐，终于请到了这位专家。🔊

  He visited three times before finally persuading this expert to come.

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)

• tāsāngùmáolúcáiqǐngdàonàwèizhuānjiā.

  他三顾茅庐才请到那位专家。🔊

  He had to visit three times before he could persuade that expert to come.

fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

• tāsāngùmáolú,zhōngyúqǐngdàolezhèwèizhuānjiā.

  他三顾茅庐，终于请到了这位专家。🔊

  He visited three times before finally persuading this expert to come.