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吹箫乞食 (吹簫乞食)

chuī xiāo qǐ shí

Definition

  1. to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ)
  2. cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

Character Decomposition

吹
=
口
+
欠
箫
=
⺮
+
肃
乞
=
？
+
乙
食
=
亽
+
艮

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