一切經音義 27.173

English (machine translation) 27.173

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27.173

Such folk (此輩): bupei [fanqie]; a crowd or party. The Shuowen says: "In military law, dispatching one hundred carriages forms one bei (輩). Formed with 車, with 非 as phonetic, though derived from 北 erroneously." The Cangjie pian says: "輩 means to compare." The Guangya says: "等, 𤳖, and 輩 also mean category; 𤳖 has the fanqie bupan." The Yupian says: "輩 means class, rank, category."

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese