在线词典
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])
