<p>it should be treated as <strong>remark</strong> by someone, that the original text had missing characters / texts.</p>

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2017-05-21T01:48:08.380Z
2017-05-21T01:48:08.380Z
水巷孑蠻
<p>下 means the following content.<br>
残 means incomplete.</p>

<p>下残 means the following content is incomplete.</p>

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2017-05-21T01:47:53.473Z
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<p>I've been working my way through some Chinese text, I came to this line here:</p>

<p>祝曰 　　清净阿罗诃 清净大威力 清净（下残） 大秦景教宣元至本经</p>

<p>I can make sense of some of it, but what does the 下残 in brackets clarify in the text?</p>

<p>Thank you for your time.</p>

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下残 in text on "Jesus-sūtra" (景教)
# 下残 in text on "Jesus-sūtra" (景教)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-21)

I've been working my way through some Chinese text, I came to this line here:

祝曰 　　清净阿罗诃 清净大威力 清净（下残） 大秦景教宣元至本经

I can make sense of some of it, but what does the 下残 in brackets clarify in the text?

Thank you for your time.

**Tags:** vocabulary

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-05-21. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

下 means the following content.  
残 means incomplete.

下残 means the following content is incomplete.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-21. Score: 3

it should be treated as **remark** by someone, that the original text had missing characters / texts.


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