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一切經音義 57.319

一切經音義 57.319

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57.319

蜣蜋(上却良反下力張反郭注爾雅云蜣蜋啖糞者也說文並從虫羌艮皆聲)。

蜣蜋: The upper character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 却良; the lower, 力張. Guo's commentary on the Erya says: 'The 蜣蜋 (dung beetle) is that which eats dung.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Both follow 虫 (insect), with 羌 and 艮 respectively as phonetics.'

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