一切經音義 31.159

English (machine translation) 31.159

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31.159

Gallop swiftly (馳騖: the second character has the sound m- [無] + -ù [付] fanqie. Guo's commentary on the Tale of King Mu says: '騖 means to drive swiftly.' Gu Yewang says: '騖 means to gallop rapidly.' The Songs of Chu says: 'Suddenly galloping swiftly in pursuit' is an example. The Guangya says: '騖 means to run.' The Shuowen says: 'Formed from the horse radical (馬) with wù (敄) as phonetic; 敄 has the sound wǔ [武]').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese