吳市吹簫

ng4 si5 ceoi1 siu1

(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1]{ng5 zi2 seoi1} exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]{si2 gei3})

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Meanings

  1. (idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1]{ng5 zi2 seoi1} exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]{si2 gei3})

Written Forms

吳市吹簫Traditional · Main Form
吴市吹箫Alternate Form

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