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# 一切經音義 20.178

一切經音義 20.178

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [20.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.20.178)

衰耄（字體作𤸬同所龜反說文𤸬減也亦損也禮記年五十始𤸬懈也下古文𠅸耄二形今作秏同莫報反八十曰耄耄惛忘也亦亂也）。

> Declining into senility (衰耄: the character is properly written 𤸬, pronounced cui \[suo + gui fan\]. The Shuowen states: '𤸬 means diminished, or impaired.' The Liji states: 'At age fifty, one begins to decline and grow slack.' The second character has the ancient forms 𠅸 and 耄, now written 秏, pronounced mao \[mo + bao fan\]. Being eighty is called 耄; 耄 means confused and forgetful, and also disorderly).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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