Entry
吹簫乞食
Source
CEDict 100318
Characters
吹 簫 乞 食
Miscellaneous
Traditional
吹簫乞食
Simplified
吹箫乞食
Pinyin
chui1 xiao1 qi3 shi2
English
to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
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