一切經音義 91.32

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91.32

蓼莪 (The upper character has the sound 陸 [lù]. The Mao commentary to the Shijing says: "蓼蓼 describes being tall and large." The lower character has the sound 蛾 [é]. Guo's commentary to the Erya says: "莪 is mugwort." The Mao Shijing has 'Luo'e' [Dodder and mugwort] and 'Liao'e' [Tall mugwort]; they are phono-semantic characters.)

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese