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一切經音義 17.86

一切經音義 17.86

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Classical Chinese

17.86

騾驢(上力戈反下力猪反說文云騾者驢父馬母所生也又云似馬長耳二字並從馬累盧皆聲也)。

Mules and donkeys (騾驢; the first character is [pronounced with the] fanqie lì + [g]ē. The second character is [pronounced with the] fanqie lì + [zh]ū. The Shuowen says: “A mule is what is born of a donkey sire and a horse dam.” It also says: “It resembles a horse with long ears.” Both characters take mǎ ‘horse’ as semantic classifier, and lěi and lú are both phonetics).

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