諸葛亮

Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind

surname Zhu

all / various

two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1 ge2]

surname Ge

kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth

bright / clear / resonant / to shine / to show / to reveal

variant of 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom

a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual

lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual