一切經音義 36.17

English (machine translation) 36.17

Language: English

36.17

躊躇: The first character has the fanqie zhi + liu (chóu), and is also pronounced chi (chí). The second character is pronounced chu (chú), and also pronounced chu (chú). The *Mao Shi Zhuan* states: 'Loved yet unseen, scratching his head and pacing back and forth (chouchu).' I note: chouchu denotes being suspicious and hesitant. The *Guangya* also says: 'Chouchu means hesitant; it also means to pace and falter (zhizhu/dizhu).'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese