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玉人吹箫

Traditional form:

玉人吹簫

Pinyin (reading):

yùrénchuīxiāo

Definitions:

  • 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)

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