吴市吹箫 (吳市吹簫)
Wú shì chuī xiāo
Pinyin

Definition

吴市吹箫 (吳市吹簫)
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Wú shì chuī xiāo
  1. to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ)
  2. cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吹
chuī
  1. 1 to blow
  2. 2 to play a wind instrument
  3. 3 to blast
  4. 4 to puff
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 to brag
  7. 7 to end in failure
  8. 8 to fall through
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
市区
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
市场
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
市民
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident

Idioms (13)

什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
  1. 1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2 nitpick
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)