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一切經音義 5.200

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Stingy and parsimonious (慳恡: [first character fanqie] 口閑反; the Yunquan states: "Qian (慳) means stubborn withholding." The Guiyuan zhucong states: "Holding onto wealth and not giving it away is called qian." It is also written as 掔 or 𩋆, which are ancient graphs. The second character has the fanqie 隣信反; the Guangya states: "Lin (恡) means miserly." The Yunying states: "Lin means sparing/grudging." It is also written as 𰐪, which is an ancient graph).

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