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Change log entry 85222
Processed by: kbaiko (2024-07-04 23:56:59 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 78464 - submitted by 'encn' >>
ancient word, out of use
doesn't mean barefooted

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Editor:

As far as I can tell, this phrase has been used twice, both archaic

In Qin 1, from 战国策
>韩非说秦人“闻战,顿足徒裼,犯白刃,蹈炉炭,断死于前者皆是也”

In the biography of Zhang Yi, the 70th chapter of Records of the Grand Historian
>每一下重鼓,又好似铁锤,敲碎了束缚秦卒许久的枷锁,那些无甲无胄,赤身徒裼,只持着一柄短剑的秦人,纷纷抬起头来,发出了压抑多时的山呼!

Although I don't think we should add new entries for archaic words (unless they are historically significant in some way or for some other good reason), I would prefer to keep what's already here. Unless, of course, the entry is erroneous and can't be fixed easily. But I don't think that's the case here.

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>doesn't mean barefooted
Various sources say it does

1) This entry was copied verbatim from ABC, so that's one reference (though I don't know where ABC got their definition)

2) ABC possibly copied it from the 大辭典, which says
【徒裼】赤足露體。
注: [徒,謂空,露袒;裼,露臂也。]

3) http://dfz.shaanxi.gov.cn/sqzlk/xbsxz/sxdyl/xas_16198/ltxz_1/201701/t20170117_842871.html
山东之士,被甲蒙胄以会战,秦人捐甲徒裼以趋敌。(捐甲:不穿甲胄;徒裼:赤足袒衣)

4) “徒” “裼”都是“袒”的意思 而《索隐》说: “徒者,徒跣也;裼,袒也,谓袒而见肉也。”
跣 means bare (referring to the foot)
Diff:
- 徒裼 徒裼 [tu2 xi1] /barefooted and barebreasted/
# Editor:
+ 徒裼 徒裼 [[tu2xi1]] /(archaic) barefooted and barebreasted/
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