| Change log entry 90583 | |
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| Processed by: | kbaiko (2025-07-02 11:02:58 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 82775 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> I have submitted 吳市吹簫 吴市吹箫 [[wu2shi4-chui1xiao1]] /(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3ji4])/ |
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- 吹簫乞食 吹箫乞食 [chui1 xiao1 qi3 shi2] /to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ)/cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician/ + 吹簫乞食 吹箫乞食 [[chui1xiao1-qi3shi2]] /see 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[wu2shi4-chui1xiao1]/ |