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吹箫乞食
吹簫乞食
chuīxiāoqǐshí
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
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