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Trad. 廬
- surname Lu
- Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui
- Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lu2 Shan1] in Jiangxi Province
Trad. 廬山
- Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi
- Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
Trad. 闔廬
- King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC)
- also called 闔閭|阖闾
Trad. 廬江縣
- Lujiang, a county in Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
Trad. 廬陽區
- Luyang, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
Trad. 桐廬縣
- Tonglu county in Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1], Zhejiang
Trad. 初出茅廬
- venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- young and inexperienced
- novice
- greenhorn
Trad. 吳王闔廬
- King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC)
- also called 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾
Trad. 三顧茅廬
- 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)
- fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
Trad. 不識廬山真面目
- lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom)
- fig. can't see the forest for the trees