續一切經音義 6.18

English (machine translation) 6.18

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6.18

Pond and pool (陂池: the first character has the fanqie *b- / w-*, the Erya states: "That which is an embankment is called a bei (陂)"; the Shangshu says: "An embankment that dams a wetland is called a bei (陂)"; the second character has the fanqie *zh- / l-*, the Qieyun states: "Still water is called a pool (chi 池)"; a broad [pool] is called a marsh (zhao 沼); it is derived from water with chi 馳 abbreviated as the phonetic).

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