一切經音義 3.243

English (machine translation) 3.243

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3.243

Miserly and stingy (慳恡: the first character, kou [口] + jian [間] fan. The Guangya says: “Lover of wealth.” The second character, lin [隣] + xin [信] fan. The Guangya says: “恡 means mean.” The Zishu says: “Greedy and begrudging.” The Yunying says: “慳恡 means stubbornly begrudging.” Also written as 𧵧 or 遴; in ancient script written as 𰐪 or 吝. The Pan pronunciation for 慳 is xia [瞎] fan).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese