續一切經音義 3.73

English (machine translation) 3.73

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3.73

Stingy and miserly (慳悋: the first character has the fanqie 苦間 [ku + jian / qiān]. The Qieyun says: "Stingy (恡)." The Erya says: "'慳' means firm." Guo Pu says: "Tightly clinging and stubborn." The second character has the fanqie 良刃 [liang + ren / lìn]. The Qieyun says: "Being stingy with wealth is called '悋'." The Kaosheng says: "Grudging." It is also written as 恡, 吝, or 𠫤, which are all vulgar characters.)

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