| 1 | 庐山 | 廬山 | lú shān | Lu2 shan1 | Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市 , Jiangxi; Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot | | |
| 2 | 庐阳 | 廬陽 | lú yáng | Lu2 yang2 | Luyang district of Hefei city 合肥市 , Anhui | | |
| 3 | 吴王阖庐 | 吳王闔廬 | wú wáng hé lú | Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu2 | King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 吴王阖闾 | | |
| 4 | 蜗庐 | 蝸廬 | wō lú | wo1 lu2 | humble abode | | |
| 5 | 桐庐县 | 桐廬縣 | tóng lú xiàn | Tong2 lu2 xian4 | Tonglu county in Hangzhou 杭州 , Zhejiang | | |
| 6 | 桐庐 | 桐廬 | tóng lú | Tong2 lu2 | Tonglu county in Hangzhou 杭州 , Zhejiang | | |
| 7 | 三顾茅庐 | 三顧茅廬 | sān gù máo lú | san1 gu4 mao2 lu2 | lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage; cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义 in which Liu Bei 刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 卧龙 ) to his cause by visiting him three times | | |
| 8 | 穹庐 | 穹廬 | qióng lú | qiong2 lu2 | yurt (round tent) | | |
| 9 | 茅庐 | 茅廬 | máo lú | mao2 lu2 | thatched cottage | | |
| 10 | 庐阳区 | 廬陽區 | lú yáng qū | Lu2 yang2 qu1 | Luyang district of Hefei city 合肥市 , Anhui | | |
| 11 | 不识庐山真面目 | 不識廬山真面目 | bù shì lú shān zhēn miàn mù | bu4 shi4 Lu2 shan1 zhen1 mian4 mu4 | lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain; fig. can't see the forest for the trees | | |
| 12 | 庐山区 | 廬山區 | lú shān qū | Lu2 shan1 qu1 | Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市 , Jiangxi | | |
| 13 | 庐江县 | 廬江縣 | lú jiāng xiàn | Lu2 jiang1 xian4 | Lujiang county in Chaohu 巢湖 , Anhui | | |
| 14 | 庐江 | 廬江 | lú jiāng | Lu2 jiang1 | Lujiang county in Chaohu 巢湖 , Anhui | | |
| 15 | 庐 | 廬 | lú | lu2 | hut | | |
| 16 | 结庐 | 結廬 | jié lú | jie2 lu2 | to build one's house | | |
| 17 | 阖庐 | 闔廬 | hé lú | He2 Lu2 | King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 阖闾 | | |
| 18 | 初出茅庐 | 初出茅廬 | chū chū máo lú | chu1 chu1 mao2 lu2 | venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn | | |