一切經音義 66.94

English (machine translation) 66.94

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66.94

Wives and concubines ([山/妻]媵; the upper character is properly 妻. The lower character [媵] is fanqie 承證. The Kaosheng says: '媵 refers to an escort bride.' Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: 'To escort a bride is called 媵.' The Fangyan says: '媵 means to lodge.' It also says: 'To entrust.' The Wenzidian shuo says: 'To accompany the bride with nieces or younger sisters.' It is composed with 'woman' (女) as semantic, with 勝 abbreviated as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese