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吴市吹箫

吴:古国名。原指春秋时楚国的伍子胥逃至吴国,在市上吹箫乞食。比喻在街头行乞。

拼音
wú shì chuī xiāo
解释
吴:古国名。原指春秋时楚国的伍子胥逃至吴国,在市上吹箫乞食。比喻在街头行乞。
近义词
吴市之箫
英文释义
(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])