| 箫 | [箫] bamboo flute Radical: ⺮, Decomposition: ⿱ ⺮ [, ] 肃 [, ] Etymology: [pictophonetic] bamboo Variants: 簫, Rank: 3634 |
| 簫 | [簫] bamboo flute Radical: ⺮, Decomposition: ⿱ ⺮ [, ] 肅 [, ] Etymology: [pictophonetic] bamboo Variants: 箫, Rank: 8772 |
| 箫 | [箫 / 簫] xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; same as 排簫|排箫; also translated as pan pipes #19,627 [Add to Longdo] |
| 吹箫 | [吹 箫 / 吹 簫] to play the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹箫; fellatio (oral sex); a blowjob #68,083 [Add to Longdo] |
| 排箫 | [排 箫 / 排 簫] xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; also translated as pan pipes #147,090 [Add to Longdo] |
| 吴市吹箫 | [吴 市 吹 箫 / 吳 市 吹 簫] 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 #613,570 [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 [Add to Longdo] |
| 玉人吹箫 | [玉 人 吹 箫 / 玉 人 吹 簫] virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 [Add to Longdo] |