吴市吹箫

1. • to beg on the streets to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥 wǔzǐxū exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史记 shǐjì)

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Character by character

• 吴(wú)surname Wu
• 市(shì)market
• 吹(chuī)blow
• 箫(xiāo)xiao, a vertical bamboo flute