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meaning for xiāo:

  • - xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipessee 箫 to play the xiao 箫
  • - (slang) fellatio
  • - blowjobreed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo fluteto 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 politicianvirtuoso 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