一切經音義 34.132

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餬口（上戶徒反爾雅云餬饘音之然反左傳云餬其口於四方也說文寄食也從食胡聲）。

Eking out a living [餬口]: the first [character is pronounced with the fanqie] hu-tu (戶徒反). The Erya states: 'Hú (餬) means thick congee (饘; 饘 has the sound zhi-ran).' The Zuozhuan states: 'Seeking food for their mouths in all four quarters.' The Shuowen [jiezi] states: 'To lodge and eat.' It is formed from [the semantic component] shí (食, food) and [the phonetic component] hú (胡).