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一切經音義 66.36

一切經音義 66.36

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Classical Chinese

66.36

鋸解(上居御反淮南子云良匠不能以制木可截之以鋸也國語云刑用刀鋸也說文云搶唐也從金居聲也下皆蟹反賈逵注國語云解削也郭璞注方言云脫也廣雅云散也說文判也從刀判牛角也)。

Sawing apart (鋸解; the upper character is ju + yu [fanqie]; the Huainanzi says: "Even a skilled craftsman cannot shape wood without cutting it with a saw." The Guoyu says: "For punishment, knives and saws are used." The Shuowen says: "To pierce; with the metal radical and the phonetic 居." The lower character is jie + xie [fanqie]; Jia Kui's commentary on the Guoyu says: "Jie means to shave down." Guo Pu's commentary on the Fangyan says: "To take off." The Guangya says: "To disperse." The Shuowen says: "To cleave; with the knife radical cleaving an ox's horn").

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