Did you mean: to hatch to teach to watch to twitch ?
| 茨 | cí | Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof) |
| 三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage / cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times |