一切經音義 24.36

English (machine translation) 24.36

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24.36

Dǎgǔ shí 打皷時 ('when striking the drum': in the Western Countries, one day and one night are divided into eight periods or fifteen periods, and drums are always beaten to mark the divisions of time, just like the clepsydras, bells, and drums of this country).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese