beg about the streets by playing an instrument(wú shì chuī xiāo)

beg about the streets by playing an instrument

Wushi blow flute, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ú sh ì Chu ī Xi ā o, which means that Wu Zixu of the state of Chu fled to the state of Wu in the spring and Autumn period and begged for food in the market. It's like begging on the street. It comes from the biography of fan Sui and Cai Ze in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of fan Sui and Cai Ze in historical records, "Wu Zixu left Zhaoguan at night and fell in the daytime. As for Lingshui, there was no way to paste his mouth, bend his knees, lay bare his head, blow his flute and beg for food in Wushi."

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, King Ping of Chu believed in the slander (CH á NY á n) and killed the master of Prince Jian Wu she (SH ē) and his eldest son Wu Shang. He also sent people to catch Wu she's second son Wu Yuan (Wu Zixu), who was fleeing, and pasted the portraits of Wu Yuan at each pass in order to arrest him. Not far from Zhaoguan, Wu Zixu met an old man named donggaogong. He sympathized with Wu Zixu's misfortune very much, so he let Wu Zixu stay in his house, waiting for the opportunity, trying to get out of Zhaoguan. A few days later. Duke Donggao found a man with similar appearance to Wu Zixu and asked him to put on Wu Zixu's clothes to go out of the customs. When passing the pass, he pretended to be flustered, and was caught by the guards. The soldiers at the gate thought that Wu Zixu had caught him and relaxed his vigilance. At this time, Wu yuxu, carrying a large bag of luggage, mixed out of Zhaoguan under the cover of Donggao. When the general found out that he had caught the wrong person, Wu Zixu had already gone without a trace. When he arrived at the capital of the state of Wu, he had nothing to eat. So he dressed up as a beggar in the bustling market of Wudu and sang xi'o to attract people's attention. He sang sadly: "woo, woo, woo, there is no place to complain about the great injustice. The song and Zheng states have been running all the way. Who can help them? If you can't avenge your father's death, how can you have the face to be a doctor? Nowadays, when you play the flute and beg for food, you have tears in your eyes, and you have to blow out those who want to help you. "

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning

Analysis of Idioms

Wu Shi Zhi Xiao

Chinese PinYin : wú shì chuī xiāo