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一切經音義 5.31

一切經音義 5.31

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Classical Chinese

5.31

鵰鷲(上丁遙反下音就說文云鵰鶚也音咢廣雅鷲鵰也山海經云景山多鷲埤蒼云鷲似鵰形小食死屍肉也怪鳥也)。

Eagles and vultures (鵰鷲): The first character is read with the fanqie 丁 + 遙. The second character is pronounced like 就. The Shuowen says: '鵰 means an osprey (鶚, pronounced like 咢).' The Guangya says: '鷲 means an eagle.' The Shanhaijing says: 'Mount Jing has many vultures.' The Picang says: 'The vulture resembles an eagle but is smaller; it eats the flesh of dead corpses; it is a monstrous bird.'

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