吳市吹簫〔吴--箫〕 ng⁴ si⁵ ceoi¹ siu¹ {Wú shì chuī xiāo}

1. to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ)
2. cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician