吹簫乞食 [－箫－－]

Jyutping ceoi1 siu1 hat1 sik6
Pinyin chuī xiāo qǐ shí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ)
  2. 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