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- Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province
- cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
- lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow
- fig. also involving others
- inextricably tangled together
- Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
Trad. 思茅區
- Simao district of Pu'er city 普洱市[Pu3 er3 shi4], Yunnan
- Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
Trad. 茅箭區
- Maojian, a district of Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 茅臺酒
- maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
- CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2]
Trad. 拔茅連茹
- lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
- inextricably tangled together
- Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
Trad. 土階茅屋
- lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
- frugal living conditions (idiom)
Trad. 土階茅茨
- lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
- frugal living conditions (idiom)
Trad. 樸次茅斯
- Portsmouth, southern English seaport
Trad. 初出茅廬
- venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- young and inexperienced
- novice
- greenhorn
Trad. 茅塞頓開
- murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
- Greymouth, town in New Zealand
- also written 格雷默斯[Ge2 lei2 mo4 si1]
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. 茅坑裡點燈
- (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 shi3])
Trad. 茅盾文學獎
- Mao Dun Literature Prize, PRC prize for novel writing, awarded since 1982
Trad. 達特茅斯學院
- Dartmouth College
Trad. 占著茅坑不拉屎
- lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
- fig. to be a dog in the manger
Trad. 拉不出屎來怨茅房
- lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)
- fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings