一切經音義 89.35

English (machine translation) 89.35

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89.35

狼狽 (In a plight; in disarray): The first character has the sound *láng*. The second character has the sound *bèi*. The *Wenzi jilüe* states: '狼狽 (*lángbèi*) means defeated and disordered.' The *Guiyuan zhucong* states: '狼狽 means hurried and alarmed.' The *Kaosheng* states: 'Sudden and hasty; also contrary and savage like a wolf.' The *Gujin zhengzi* states: 'Both 狼 and 狽 are phono-semantic characters classified under the radical *quǎn* (dog).' 猝 is pronounced *cù*.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese