| 初出茅庐 | chū chū máo lú | venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn | |
| 三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | 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 | |
| 茅庐 | máo lú | thatched cottage | |
| 穹庐 | qióng lú | yurt (round tent) | |
| 庐山 | lú shān | Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市 , Jiangxi; Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot |
| 1 | Instead of pride in the new house, Mr. Luc is worried about the debt. | |
| 2 | However, the money was not enough for the construction so Luc' s son had to sell more land to complete it. | |
| 3 | Both of them were offset by large-sized sinistral move of the Tanlou fault in Mesozoic. | |
| 4 | Half a li from the hermitage they dismounted as a sign of respect. Approaching on foot, they met Zhuge Jun. | |
| 5 | Luc and his wife are around 70 years old and live with their youngest son and two grandchildren. |