茅

香茅

xiāng máo

lemongrass (Cymbopogon)

茅坑

máo kēng

latrine pit

普利茅斯

pǔ lì máo sī

Plymouth

名列前茅

míng liè qián máo

to rank among the best

茅盾

máo dùn

Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist

茅山

máo shān

Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province

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)