吴市吹箫

Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1

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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吴市吹箫

wú shì chuī xiāo

beg about the streets by playing an instrument; beg in the street

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吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫 [Wú shì chuī xiāo] ► 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