一切經音義 81.47

English (machine translation) 81.47

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81.47

歔欷 (The first is pronounced with the fanqie 許 + 魚; the second with 許 + 衣. Wang Yi's commentary to the Chu ci states: "Xuxi is like the appearance of sobbing and weeping." He Xiu's commentary to the Gongyang zhuan states: "Sorrowful." The Cang Jie pian states: "The lingering sounds of weeping." The Shuowen states: "Xuxi means exhaling breath; both characters are formed from 'yawn/sigh' [欠], with 虛 and 希 serving as phonetics").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese