一切經音義 89.69

89.69

Exerting effort (for the first [character 勔], m- + [b]ian [miǎn]; the second [character 俛] is pronounced mian [miǎn]; the commentary to the Mao classic of Poetry says: “'Mianmian' means exerting strength.” The Guiyuan zhucong also says: “To make an effort.” The Kaosheng says: “'Mianmian' is like untiring.” The Gujin zhengzi gives both as phono-semantic characters following 力 (strength) with 面 as their phonetic. In the transmission text it is written following 黽 as 僶, which is interchangeable).