一切經音義 23.52

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23.52

Like the colours of a rainbow (如虹蜺色: 虹 has the two pronunciations 古 + 巷 and 胡 + 公 fanqie. 蜺 is read 研 + 奚 fanqie. Cai Yong's Yueling says: '虹 is the didong (rainbow); it refers to the vapour of the junction of yin and yang taking visible form and colour. The male is called hong (虹), and the female is ni (蜺).').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese