zì xù
author's preface
autobiographical notes as introduction to a book
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
Wǔ Zǐ xū
Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu
famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫
Wǔ shē
Wu She (-522 BC), powerful minister of Chu and father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥
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
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
zì xǔ
to pose as
to flaunt oneself as
to boast of
to brag
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