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吹箫乞食

chuī xiāo qǐ shí

Definitions

  • •to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiāo] (mouth organ)
  • •cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[wǔ zǐ xū], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[chǔ], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

Child Words of 吹箫乞食

吹箫
chuī xiāo
乞
qǐ
食
shí
乞食
qǐ shí
吹
chuī
食
sì
箫
xiāo