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一切經音義 54.152

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54.152

Dragging and pulling back (牽掣: for the second character, the fanqie is 闡 + 列. The Kaosheng says: "掣 means to jerk and haul." Gu Yewang says: "掣 is like pulling." The Shuowen says: "To draw back and let go; formed from [the semantic component] 手 and the phonetic component 制.")

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