一切經音義 48.8

English (machine translation) 48.8

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48.8

Theatrical performances (敗皆 [bài-jiē] fanqie. Note: theatrical performances [pai] are what entertainers do for comic play to gladden the eyes. Sancang: Pai means whistling, whistling being a blowing sound. Shuowen: Pai means play; the character takes the radical ge with the phonetic xu, xu pronounced 虛猗 [xū-yī] fanqie).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese