吳市吹簫 [ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ; wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician ◄ ►