一切經音義 20.178

English (machine translation) 20.178

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20.178

Declining into senility (衰耄: the character is properly written 𤸬, pronounced cui [suo + gui fan]. The Shuowen states: '𤸬 means diminished, or impaired.' The Liji states: 'At age fifty, one begins to decline and grow slack.' The second character has the ancient forms 𠅸 and 耄, now written 秏, pronounced mao [mo + bao fan]. Being eighty is called 耄; 耄 means confused and forgetful, and also disorderly).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese