礼贤下士 (lǐ xián xià shì) | Meaning: respect for the wise | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

refined and courteous · urbane彬彬有礼bīn bīn yǒu lǐ

to respect; to revere; to esteem · honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address)尊敬zūn jìng

lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Liu Bei recruits Zhuge Liang to his cause by visiting him three times) · fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb三顾茅庐sān gù máo lú

respect for the wise

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