吴市吹箫
Traditional form:
吳市吹簫
Pinyin (reading):
Wúshìchuīxiāo
Definitions:
- to beg while playing the xiao 簫／箫 (xiāo) (mouth organ)
- cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥 ( Wǔ Zǐxū), destitute refugee from Chu 楚 ( Chǔ), busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
Characters:
- 吴 - one of several warring states; surname
- 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade
- 吹 - to blow, to puff; to brag, to boast
- 箫 - bamboo flute
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