一切經音義 77.157

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77.157

斷鼇 (Fanqie 昂 + 高. Wang Yi's commentary to the Chuci says: '鼇 is a giant turtle.' The Liexian zhuan says: 'There is a turtle of immense spiritual power that carries the great mountain of Penglai on its back and claps and sports amid the azure sea.' The Shuowen says: 'Formed with "toad/reptile" [黽] as semantic and 敖 as phonetic.')

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese