庐

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A house 广 with an open door 户; 户 also provides the pronunciation

Components 广户

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不识庐山真面目	bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù	lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom); fig. can't see the forest for t…
庐山区	Lú shān qū	Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi
庐山市	Lú shān Shì	Lushan, a county-level city in Jiujiang City 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
庐阳区	Lú yáng Qū	Luyang, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
庐江县	Lú jiāng Xiàn	Lujiang, a county in Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
初出茅庐	chū chū máo lú	venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; nov…
庐山	Lú shān	see 廬山市\|庐山市[Lu2 shan1 Shi4]; Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi; Mt Lushan in J…
庐阳	Lú yáng	see 廬陽區\|庐阳区[Lu2 yang2 Qu1]
庐江	Lú jiāng	see 廬江縣\|庐江县[Lu2 jiang1 Xian4]
三顾茅庐	sān gù máo lú	lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Roman…
结庐	jié lú	to build one's house
桐庐县	Tóng lú Xiàn	Tonglu, a county in Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
吴王阖庐	Wú wáng Hé Lú	King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 吳王闔閭\|吴王阖闾
茅庐	máo lú	thatched cottage
桐庐	Tóng lú	see 桐廬縣\|桐庐县[Tong2 lu2 Xian4]
蜗庐	wō lú	humble abode
穹庐	qióng lú	yurt (round tent)
阖庐	Hé Lú	King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 闔閭\|阖闾