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一切經音義 57.16

一切經音義 57.16

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Classical Chinese

57.16

鑽火（上纂巒反國語云鑽鑿也顧野王云鑽謂鐫也集訓云鑽刺也亦穿物鐵也說文從金贊聲也）。

Drilling for fire (鑽火): The upper character is zuan plus luan fan. The Guoyu says: 'Zuan means to chisel.' Gu Yewang says: 'Zuan means to bore.' The Jixun says: 'Zuan means to pierce; also iron for penetrating objects.' The Shuowen says: 'Takes "metal" (金), with zan (贊) for sound.'

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