吹箫乞食

吹箫乞食
chuīxiāoshí

(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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MEANING

MEANING

  1. verb

    (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])(inherited)

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

To blow is to open your mouth wide and forcefully exhale air onto something.

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