吹箫 (吹簫) chuīxiāo
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chuīxiāo
phrase
to play the mouth organ
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Referring to the 箫 mouth organ (CC-CEDICT '吹簫') -
chuīxiāo
verb
to beg while playing pipes
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Refers to a story of politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town 吴市吹箫 (CC-CEDICT '吹簫'; Guoyu '吹簫' 1) -
chuīxiāo
verb
to busk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吹簫')
Contained in
- 吴市吹箫(吳市吹簫) to beg while playing the xiao
- 吹箫乞食(吹簫乞食) to beg while playing the xiao
- 玉人吹箫(玉人吹簫) virtuoso piper wins a beauty
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第六十一回 Chapter 61 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第九十四回 Chapter 94 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 卷一百零四 列傳第二十九 于志寧曾孫:休烈 四世孫:敖 五世孫:琮 高季輔 張行成族子:張易之 張昌宗 Volume 104 Biographies 29: Yu Zhining great-grandson: Xiu Lie, fourth generation descendent Ao, fifth generation descendent Cong, Gao Jifu, Zhang Xingcheng: descendent: Zhang Yizi, Zhang Changzong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 第六回 Chapter 6 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 卷75 列傳第40 儒林 Volume 75 Biographies 40: Confucian Scholars Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- Scroll 4 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 吹箫给 (吹簫給) 常為人吹簫給喪事 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《絳侯周勃世家》 House of Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiang — count: 2
- 吹箫引 (吹簫引) 周勃以吹簫引強 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu — count: 2
- 帝吹箫 (帝吹簫) 元帝吹簫 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷75 列傳第40 儒林 Volume 75 Biographies 40: Confucian Scholars — count: 2
- 善吹箫 (善吹簫) 善吹簫 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷二十八 Scroll 28 — count: 2