吴市吹箫

Traditional: 吳市吹簫
wú shì chuī xiāo
Dictionary entry
(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])

What does 吴市吹箫 mean?

吴市吹箫 (wú shì chuī xiāo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(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])

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吴市吹箫
wú shì chuī xiāo
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