Lingaku- lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义【Sān guó Yǎn yì】 in which Liu Bei 刘备【Liú Bèi】 recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮【Zhū gě Liàng】 to his cause by visiting him three times)
- fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
Generated: This idiom is used to describe someone making persistent efforts to persuade or recruit another person, indicating their determination and respect for the other person's abilities or opinions.
Liu Bei made three visits to the thatched cottage and finally invited Zhuge Liang to assist him.
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