Chinese–English

假借义

jiǎ jiè yì · jia jie yi

Traditional 假借義

Meaning

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  1. the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字 (jiǎ jiè zì) acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而 (ér) originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
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