吴市吹箫
(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])
Traditional: 吳市吹簫
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English Phonetic:
'idiәm
Detailed Definition:
n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up