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一切經音義 30.151

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30.151

饕餮 (tāo tiè: the upper has the sound tāo; the lower has the sound tiè. Du's commentary on the Zuozhuan says: 'Coveting wealth is tāo; coveting food is tiè.' In the Gujin zhengzi, both are derived from 食 (food), with 號 and 餮 [its upper component] respectively as phonetics).

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