一切經音義 78.157

English (machine translation) 78.157

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78.157

Peddling and selling (販賣: the first is [pronounced] *fan* + *wan* [fàn], meaning buying cheap and selling dear. The second is *mai* + *bai* [mài]; its orthodox form takes 'to go out' [出] and 'to buy' [買]. Vulgar usage nowadays writes it with 'earth' [土], which is a corrupt simplification).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese