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續一切經音義 4.70

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Dust and grime (aiben 埃坌: the first character has the fanqie [reading] wu + kai [ai]. The Shuowen [jiezi] says: "Fine dust." It takes 'earth' [as semantic component] and yi as phonetic. The second character has the fanqie [reading] man + men [ben]. The Kaosheng says: "Defiled." The dictionary states: "Dust adhering to things").

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