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互训
hù​xùn

mutual glossing

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
互训 互訓 hù​xùn
mutual glossing
a method of philological exegesis where synonymous words are used to define each other; to provide such mutual definitions (often considered a circularity to be avoided in modern lexicography)
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