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箫xiāo
Trad. 簫
  • xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
🖌️ 箫 Strokes
排pái箫xiāo
Trad. 排簫
  • panpipes
🖌️ 排 Strokes 🖌️ 箫 Strokes
吹chuī箫xiāo
Trad. 吹簫
  • to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1], a vertical bamboo flute
  • (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1])
  • (slang) to give a blowjob
🖌️ 吹 Strokes 🖌️ 箫 Strokes
笙shēng箫xiāo
Trad. 笙簫
  • reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
🖌️ 笙 Strokes 🖌️ 箫 Strokes
鼻bí箫xiāo
Trad. 鼻簫
  • nose flute
🖌️ 鼻 Strokes 🖌️ 箫 Strokes
玉yù人rén吹chuī箫xiāo
Trad. 玉人吹簫
  • 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]
🖌️ 玉 Strokes 🖌️ 人 Strokes 🖌️ 吹 Strokes 🖌️ 箫 Strokes
吹chuī箫xiāo乞qǐ食shí
Trad. 吹簫乞食
  • see 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]
🖌️ 吹 Strokes 🖌️ 箫 Strokes 🖌️ 乞 Strokes 🖌️ 食 Strokes
吴wú市shì吹chuī箫xiāo
Trad. 吳市吹簫
  • (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])
🖌️ 吴 Strokes 🖌️ 市 Strokes 🖌️ 吹 Strokes 🖌️ 箫 Strokes

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