一切經音義 55.91

English (machine translation) 55.91

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55.91

敷演 ('expounding and elaborating'): For the first character, the fanqie is [f- + u >] fǔ and [w- + u >] wú. Kong Anguo's commentary on the Classic of Documents says: '敷 means to spread out; it is also like expanding.' The Hanshi waizhuan says: 'It means great.' The Shuowen says: '敷 means to disperse. Composed of 攴 with 尃 phonetic.' 尃 is pronounced pǔ. 攴 has the fanqie [p- + u >] pǔ and [b- + u >] bū. For the second character, the fanqie is [y- + an >] yán and [d- + ian >] diǎn. The Kaosheng says: '演 is like broadening.' The Shuowen says: 'Composed of 水 with [yí] phonetic.'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese