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Usage of the character 簫

xiāo
[簫]
  • xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
bíxiāo
鼻箫
[鼻簫]
  • nose flute
shēngxiāo
笙箫
[笙簫]
  • reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
páixiāo
排箫
[排簫]
  • panpipes
chuīxiāo
吹箫
[吹簫]
  • to play the xiao 簫/箫 (xiāo), a vertical bamboo flute
  • (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫/吴市吹箫 (wúshì-chuīxiāo))
  • (slang) to give a blowjob
wúshìchuīxiāo
吴市吹箫
[吳市吹簫]
  • (idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥 ( Wǔ Zǐxū) exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記/史记 ( Shǐjì))
yùrénchuīxiāo
玉人吹箫
[玉人吹簫]
  • virtuoso piper wins a beauty
  • the xiao 簫/箫 (xiāo) (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史/萧史 ( Xiāo Shǐ) won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 ( Qín Mùgōng)
chuīxiāoqǐshí
吹箫乞食
[吹簫乞食]
  • see 吳市吹簫/吴市吹箫 (wúshì-chuīxiāo)