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吳市吹簫
简 吴市吹箫 · 繁 吳市吹簫Mandarin · pinyin wú shì chuī xiāo
Meanings
- (idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥 Wǔ Zǐ xū exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記 Shǐ jì)
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2–4–1–1 · wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ng4 si5 ceoi1 siu1
Cantonese word readings for 吳市吹簫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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