xiāo
xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
same as 排簫|排箫
also translated as pan pipes
chuī xiāo
to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ)
to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]
to busk
virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1]
(slang) fellatio
blowjob
shēng xiāo
reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute
pái xiāo
xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom
also translated as pan pipes
chuī xiāo qǐ shí
to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ)
cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
yù rén chuī xiāo
virtuoso piper wins a beauty
the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公
Wú shì chuī xiāo
to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ)
cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
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