吴市吹箫

吳市吹簫
wúshìchuīxiāo
(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" 史记 Shǐjì)

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Entry Composition

1 吴 Wú
  1. surname Wu
  2. area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
  3. name of states in southern China at different historical periods
2 市 shì
  1. market
  2. city
  3. municipality (administrative unit)
  4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
3 吹箫 chuīxiāo
  1. to play the xiao 箫 xiāo, a vertical bamboo flute
  2. (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吴市吹箫 wúshìchuīxiāo)
  3. (slang) to give a blowjob