一切經音義 72.276

English (machine translation) 72.276

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72.276

"Dikes and embankments (隄䧜)" (in ancient script 䧑 is identical; du and xi [dī] and tu and lang [táng] in fanqie; the Shuowen says: "Dī means embankment [táng]." The Erya says: "An embankment is called a liáng." Li Xun says: "Dī is a defense or barrier." In the Han pronunciation, dī is pronounced like yú; Wei Zhao says: "Mounding earth to form a boundary").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese