训诂

訓詁
xùngǔ
to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts

CEDICT

  1. Classical Chinese text studies
  2. exegesis; scholium
  3. to interpret the meaning of characters, words and phrases in Classical Chinese texts

Wiktionary

训，指用较通俗的话去解释某个字义，如人言为信。诂，指用当代的话去解释字的古义，或用普遍通行的话去解释方言的字义，如不聿为笔。训诂指解释古书中词句的意义。

重編國語辭典

  1. 文言文文本研究
  2. 注释；旁注
  3. 解释古书中词句的意义

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 训 xùn
  1. to teach; to train; to admonish
  2. (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
2 诂 gǔ
  1. to comment
  2. to explain

Containing this entry

训诂学 xùngǔxué study of classic texts, including interpretation, glossaries and commentaries
训诂家 xùngǔjiā