一切經音義 96.50

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梟鴆: The fanqie phonetic notation is chen (沈) + lin (賃). The Kaosheng states: 'A poisonous bird.' The Shanhaijing states: 'On Mount Nüji there are many zhen birds.' Guo's commentary states: 'As large as an eagle, purple-green in color, with a long neck and red beak; it eats snakes.' Du's commentary on the Zuozhuan states: 'The feathers of the zhen are poisonous; if dipped into wine to stir it, anyone who drinks it dies.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'Analyzed as following the semantic component "bird" (鳥) and the phonetic component you (宂); 冘 is pronounced yin (淫).'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese