茅坑

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• 拔茅连茹拔茅連茹 bá máo lián rú ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄨˊ bat6 maau4 lin4 jyu4 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others +
• 初出茅庐初出茅廬 chū chū máo lú ㄔㄨ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ co1 ceot1 maau4 lou4 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) +
• 茅塞顿开茅塞頓開 máo sè dùn kāi ㄇㄠˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄞ maau4 sak1 deon6 hoi1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear +
• 三顾茅庐三顧茅廬 sān gù máo lú ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨˋ ㄇㄠˊ ㄌㄨˊ saam1 gu3 maau4 lou4 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) +
• 土阶茅茨土階茅茨 tǔ jiē máo cí ㄊㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄇㄠˊ ㄘˊ tou2 gaai1 maau4 ci4 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut +

• 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ bei6 haang1 lok6 zeng2 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) +
• 坑蒙拐骗坑蒙拐騙 kēng mēng guǎi piàn ㄎㄥ ㄇㄥ ㄍㄨㄞˇ ㄆㄧㄢˋ haang1 mung4 gwaai2 pin3 (idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive +
• 满坑满谷滿坑滿谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ ㄇㄢˇ ㄎㄥ ㄇㄢˇ ㄍㄨˇ mun5 haang1 mun5 guk1 (idiom) all over the place +
• 跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄨ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄎㄥ tiu3 ceot1 fo2 haang1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell +