一切經音義 44.31

English (machine translation) 44.31

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44.31

虹起 (a rainbow rises: hu + dong fanqie. The *Erya* says: "The didong is a rainbow." The *Liji* states: "In the last month of spring, rainbows begin to appear; this is it." The *Shuowen jiezi* states: "Composed of 'insect' (虫) with gong (工) as its phonetic element." 螮 is di fanqie; 蝀 is dong fanqie).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese