吳ng4市si5吹ceoi1簫siu1

simp吴市吹箫

ng4 si5 ceoi1 siu1wú shì chuī xiāo

吳ng4one of warring states
市si5market, fair
吹ceoi1blow
簫siu1musical instrument like pan-pipes, bamboo flute

English

(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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