一切經音義 95.214

English (machine translation) 95.214

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95.214

Desire to hold food in the cheek (欲嗛; qi[ān] + [di]àn fanqie. The Huainanzi states: 'The ultimate flavor does not satiate (qiàn).' Xu Zhongchong says: '嗛 means holding in the mouth; having food held in the mouth.' Guo's Commentary on the Erya states: 'Storing food inside the cheeks; apes and monkeys hoard food in their cheeks.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'It has the radical 口 (mouth) and the phonetic 兼').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese