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一切經音義 16.36

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16.36

Frowning and grimacing (嚬蹙: the first character has the fanqie b- + [y]in [=pín]. The second character has the fanqie j- + [y]u [=cù]; the Jixun says: 'Knit the brows and furrow the bridge of the nose, a look of indignation and rage'; the Kaosheng says: 'To knit the brows, scrunch the nose, and glare in rage'; the Shuowen says that the character cù (蹙) is formed with qi [戚] (pronounced with the fanqie q- + [y]i [=qī]) and has zu [足] as phonetic. Zhòu (皺) has the fanqie z- + [j]iu [=zhòu]; è (頞) has the fanqie a- + [g]e [=è]).

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