“生从雨”考释

Textual Research of“Sheng Cong Yu(生从雨)”

'生从雨'是《新刻增校切用正音乡谈杂字大全》天文门中的一个疑难词,义为暴雨。暴雨的特点是雨势迅疾猛暴,暴雨、疾雨、骤雨等都是以这一特点为理据造出的,'生从雨'的构词理据也一样。本文考明'生'有迅猛义,'从'有疾速义,'生雨'、'从雨'都是指大雨、暴雨。'生从雨'即生雨、从雨的合称。

Shengcongyu(生从雨)is a difficult word which is from Xin Ke Zeng Jiao Qie Yong Zheng Yin Xiang Tan ZaZi Da Quan. It means rainstorm. The characteristic of rainstorm is fierce and fast. Many wods like Baoyu(暴雨),Jiyu(疾雨),Zhouyu(骤雨)are based on the characteristic when they are made. And the characteristic is also what Shengongyu(生从雨)is based on. We find that Sheng(生)has meaning of fierce and Cong(从)has meaning of fast. So Shengyu(生雨)and Congyu(从雨)are both mean rainstorm. And Shengcongyu(生从雨)is made up of Shengyu(生雨)and Congyu(从雨).