Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times to win over Zhuge Liang.
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Carries a poetic flavor of the simple, humble scholar's retreat. The chengyu 三顾茅庐 ('three visits to the thatched cottage') describes earnestly seeking out a worthy person, from Liu Bei recruiting Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms.
Sits inside the shelter. In the simplified form it stands in for the original phonetic of the traditional 廬; 户 ('household') also faintly reinforces the idea of a dwelling.
