virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史|萧史[Xiao1 Shi3] won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1]
trad. 玉人吹簫
Also written 玉人吹簫【yù rén chuī xiāo】
Characters in this word
4玉
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
jade
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 12826 of 2500
人
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 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