一切經音義 53.77

English (machine translation) 53.77

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53.77

A pinch (多撮: cāng + lüè fanqie. The Zilin says: "撮 means to pinch/take." In the Liji, Confucius says: "Now the great earth is as abundant as a pinch of soil," which is this. Also pronounced zōng + lüè fanqie, which is also acceptable. The Shuowen says: "Four guī; a pinch taken with three fingers. It takes the radical 手 and has 最 as phonetic." 最 is pronounced zǐ + nèi fanqie).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese