茅

达特茅斯

dá tè máo sī

Dartmouth (place name)

达特茅斯学院

dá tè máo sī xué yuàn

Dartmouth College

三顾茅庐

sān gù máo lú

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)

仙茅

xiān máo

golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)

伯恩茅斯

bó ēn máo sī

Bournemouth, UK

初出茅庐

chū chū máo lú

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)

前茅

qián máo

forward patrol (military) (old)

包茅

bāo máo

bundled thatch

占着茅坑不拉屎

zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)

名列前茅

míng liè qián máo

to rank among the best

土阶茅屋

tǔ jiē máo wū

lit. earthen steps and a small cottage

土阶茅茨

tǔ jiē máo cí

lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut