吹簫乞食 [ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ; chui1 xiao1 qi3 shi2] 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 ◄ ►
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