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一切經音義 47.163

一切經音義 47.163

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47.163

虵蟒(下莫牓反郭汴爾雅莽虵之大者古今正字從虫莽聲也)。

Snake and python (虵蟒: the second character is fanqie 莫 + 牓. Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "A python is a large snake." The Gujin zhengzi states it takes 'insect/reptile' [虫] as signific and 'mang' [莽] as phonetic).

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