一切經音義 98.57

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98.57

High and dry: 塏 [kai] (開 + 改 fanqie. The Kaosheng says: "'Shuangkai' is the appearance of land that is high and dry." Du [Yu's] commentary on the Zuozhuan says: "'Shuang' means bright; 'kai' means dry." The Shuowen jiezi analyzes it: from radical 土 'earth', with 豈 phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese