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一切經音義 61.33

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61.33

To clear the throat and cough (謦欬): The first character has the fanqie 輕 (q-) plus 郢 (-ing); the second character has the fanqie 開 (k-) plus 愛 (-ai). The Yunying states that 謦 means sound. Gu Yewang states that 欬 means coughing. The Shuowen jiezi states that 謦欬 means reverse breath clearing through accompanied by sound. Both are phonetic-ideographic characters.

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