| 乞食 | [乞 食] to beg for food #89,562 [Add to Longdo] |
| 吹箫乞食 | [吹 箫 乞 食 / 吹 簫 乞 食] 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, See also: 箫, 伍子胥, 楚 [Add to Longdo] |
| 乞食 | [こじき(P);こつじき, kojiki (P); kotsujiki] (n) (1) (sens) beggar; (n, vs) (2) begging; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 乞食を三日すれば止められぬ | [こじきをみっかすればやめられぬ, kojikiwomikkasurebayamerarenu] (exp) (id) Once a beggar, always a beggar [Add to Longdo] |
| 乞食根性 | [こじきこんじょう, kojikikonjou] (n) mercenary spirit; greed; avarice; base nature [Add to Longdo] |
| 乞食坊主 | [こじきぼうず;こつじきぼうず, kojikibouzu ; kotsujikibouzu] (n) (a derogatory term for) Buddhist monk [Add to Longdo] |