一切經音義 3.176

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Insatiable (pronounced 伊 + 閻 fanqie. The Shuowen says: “A dog sweet on meat, whose heart is never sated. It derives from '甘' [sweet], '肉' [meat], '犬' [dog], and '心' [heart].” Sometimes written as '厭' or '猒', both of which are erroneous; the form with the heart radical is correct.)

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese