箫

鼻箫

bí xiāo

nose flute

吴市吹箫

wú shì chuī xiāo

(idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])

吹箫

chuī xiāo

to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1], a vertical bamboo flute

吹箫乞食

chuī xiāo qǐ shí

see 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]

排箫

pái xiāo

panpipes

玉人吹箫

yù rén chuī xiāo

virtuoso piper wins a beauty

笙箫

shēng xiāo

reed-pipe wind instrument and vertical bamboo flute