ㄙㄢㄍㄨˋㄇㄠˊㄌㄨˊsāngù‑máolú

三顾茅庐
  1. 東漢末年隱居茅廬諸葛亮幫助自己打天下用以比喻懇切 導演三顧茅廬終於使引退影帝重返影壇」。

lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage, cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義(the Hidden Dragon 臥龍)​ to his cause by visiting him three times