一切經音義 63.60

English (machine translation) 63.60

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63.60

揚簸 Winnowing (the second character is bo + wo [bò]; the Kaosheng says: "'Bo' means to winnow." The Yinshu says: "Winnowing and tossing it, the chaff and husks fly forward." The Classic of Poetry says: "Winnowing away the chaff." The Shuowen says: "Tossing grain to remove the chaff; [the character] derives from 'winnowing basket' with an abbreviated 'pi' phonetic; ji has the sound jī").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese