一切經音義 45.70

English (machine translation) 45.70

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45.70

Unsteady and feeble (娿婆: the upper character is wū + kě [ē]; the lower is pú + wǒ [pó]. Examining the sūtra text, it says "waist and hips ēpó," meaning incapable of supporting oneself. This is borrowing the sounds to convey the meaning, without letting the literal characters impair the intended sense; stubbornly clinging to the character would diverge greatly from the principle).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese