吳市吹簫

吴
吳
市
市
吹
吹
箫
簫
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician

Characters and words in 吳市吹簫

吴
吳
wú = w + Ø2
surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods
吴 = 口 + 天 : Mnemonic symbol: the water buffalo from Wu.

Willy Walrus (w) enters the space station (Ø2) with a big mandarin (口) in his hands. The water buffalo (吴) sees it and begins to pant heavily, slightly in panic. Fortunately there is an angel (天) around to calm him down and let him know that it's not the sun he's fearing.
市
shì = sh + Ø4
market / city / CL:個|个[ge4]
市 = 亠 + 巾 : Mnemonic symbol: a supermarket.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) started a supermarket (市) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but all he has for sale right now are berets (亠) and towels (巾). He should have opened it at the beach!
吹
chui̅ = chu + ei1
to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
吹 = 口 + 欠 : Chantal Chicken (chu) is totally crazy about creating wind instruments from vegetables lately. In front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) she stole a mandarin (口) from a local merchant and left an IOU note (欠) instead. She carved the mandarin out and created a little ocarina out of it, which she plays by blowing (吹) into it every since.
吹
吹
箫
簫
to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
箫
簫
xia̅o = xi + ao1
xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes

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