吹箫 (吹簫) chuīxiāo

  1. chuīxiāo phrase to play the mouth organ
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Referring to the 箫 mouth organ (CC-CEDICT '吹簫')
  2. chuīxiāo verb to beg while playing pipes
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Refers to a story of politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town 吴市吹箫 (CC-CEDICT '吹簫'; Guoyu '吹簫' 1)
  3. chuīxiāo verb to busk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吹簫')

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吴市吹箫吹箫乞食玉人吹箫

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