一切經音義 63.77

English (machine translation) 63.77

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63.77

鞠躬 Bowing respectfully (the first character is gong + ju [jū]; the Kaosheng says: "Prudent and respectful." The Analects says: "When entering the duke's gate, he bowed respectfully as if it were not high enough." Kong's commentary says: "'Ju' means assuming a respectful bearing." The Wenzidian shuo says: "[The character] derives from 'leather' with 'ju' phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese