吳市吹簫

吴市吹箫
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" 史記 Shǐjì)

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Entry Composition

=1 吳 Wú
  1. surname Wu
  2. area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
  3. name of states in southern China at different historical periods
=1 吳 wú
  1. (historical) (～國) Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms
  2. (historical) (～國) Wu, a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period
  3. (historical) (～國) Wu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) big
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to speak loudly; to shout
  6. (～國) Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms
  7. (～國) Wu, a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period
  8. (～國) Wu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in eastern China which was in existence from 907 to 937
  9. (～市) Kure (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
  10. Kure (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
  11. Wu; the Chinese dialects of that territory, including Suzhounese and Shanghainese
  12. a surname
  13. alternative form of 虞 (yú)
  14. big
  15. the region comprising southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang
  16. to speak loudly; to shout
2 市 shì
  1. market
  2. city
  3. municipality (administrative unit)
  4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
3 吹簫 chuīxiāo
  1. to play the xiao 簫 xiāo, a vertical bamboo flute
  2. (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫 wúshìchuīxiāo)
  3. (slang) to give a blowjob