一切經音義 57.16

English (machine translation) 57.16

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57.16

Drilling for fire (鑽火): The upper character is zuan plus luan fan. The Guoyu says: 'Zuan means to chisel.' Gu Yewang says: 'Zuan means to bore.' The Jixun says: 'Zuan means to pierce; also iron for penetrating objects.' The Shuowen says: 'Takes "metal" (金), with zan (贊) for sound.'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese