吴市吹箫
Wú shì chuī xiāo

Translation

  • to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ)
  • cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
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