一切經音義 29.56

English (machine translation) 29.56

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29.56

Drifting and drowning (漂溺): The upper character has the fanqie *pǐ* + *yáo* (漂). Gu Yewang says: 'To drift.' The *Shuowen [jiezi]* says: 'To float. Derived from 水 (water) with 票 as phonetic; 票 has the same pronunciation.' The lower character has the fanqie *níng* + *dī* (溺). The *Kaosheng* says: '*Nì* means sinking; it also means being deluded. Composed of 人 (person) and 水 (water) as 休 is the standard character.' The character *dī* has the fanqie *dīng* + *lì*.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese