Expression | 吹簫乞食 |
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Meaning | 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 |
Reading | cheui1 siu1 hat1 sik6 |
Recall | y |
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