(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])
trad. 吳市吹簫
Also written 吳市吹簫【wú shì chuī xiāo】
Characters in this word
4吴
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surname Wu, area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai, name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- Pinyin
- Wú
- Traditional
- 吳
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9156 of 2500
市
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market, city, municipality (administrative unit), (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3824 of 2500
吹
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to blow, to play a wind instrument, to blast, to puff, to boast, to brag, to end in failure, to fall through
- Pinyin
- chuī
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1484 of 2500
箫
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xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Traditional
- 簫
- Strokes
- 14