吴市吹箫
Traditional form:
吳市吹簫
Pinyin (reading):
wúshìchuīxiāo
Definitions:
- (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))
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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