一切經音義 72.161

English (machine translation) 72.161

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72.161

Slow and dull 遲鈍 (The second character has the fanqie 突頓 [dùn]. Gu Yewang says: 'Dun also means slow.' The Shiji mentions 'the stubborn and dull among the superiors.' The Shuowen states: 'Dun also means stubborn; dull in mind.' It is composed of "metal" (金) with "tun" (屯) phonetic.)

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese