| 笙 | [shēng, ㄕㄥ, 笙] free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd #17,556 [Add to Longdo] |
| 箫 | [xiāo, ㄒㄧㄠ, 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] |
| 竽 | [yú, ㄩˊ, 竽] free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd; larger version of the sheng 笙 #48,648 [Add to Longdo] |
| 滥竽充数 | [làn yú chōng shù, ㄌㄢˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄕㄨˋ, 滥 竽 充 数 / 濫 竽 充 數] lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (成语 saw); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products; to masquerade as having an ability; token member of a group #64,503 [Add to Longdo] |
| 吹箫 | [chuī xiāo, ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ, 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 | [pāi xiāo, ㄆㄞ ㄒㄧㄠ, 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 | [Wú shì chuī xiāo, ㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ, 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] |
| 吹竽手 | [chuī yú shǒu, ㄔㄨㄟ ㄩˊ ㄕㄡˇ, 吹 竽 手] player of the yu 竽 (free reed mouth organ) [Add to Longdo] |
| 吹箫乞食 | [chuī xiāo qǐ shí, ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ, 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 | [yù rén chuī xiāo, ㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ, 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] |
