一切經音義 37.32

English (machine translation) 37.32

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37.32

Withered and emaciated (萎悴) (The upper character is wei + wei fan. The Jixun states: "When plants turn yellow and die, it is called 萎." The Zishu states: "Withered and dried." The lower character is qing + sui fan. The Wenzi jilüe states: "萎悴 means a grieving and distressed appearance." Both are phono-semantic characters; the former is composed with 'grass' [草] semantic, the latter with 'heart' [心] semantic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese