一切經音義 51.9

English (machine translation) 51.9

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51.9

Spreading wide (流漫; [the second character] is pronounced with the fanqie 滿 + 伴 [màn]. Wang Yi's commentary on the Chuci says: "'漫漫' means long and unending." Gu Yewang says: "'漫漫' is the appearance of being vast and distant." Guo [Pu's] commentary on the Fangyan says: "Referring to overflowing surface water that spreads vastly." The Gujin zhengzi says: "Formed with the water semantic and 曼 as phonetic." In the treatise, it is written 漫, which is a vulgar character).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese