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 :::My point exactly. ""Literally"" can mean several things, of course, and the characters can mean different things too. There are already Wiktionary links in the ""Origins"" section for those who wonder what 反 and 切 might mean, so I think neither a literal translation of 反切 nor separate translations for 反 and 切 are needed, and the existing translation is best removed altogether.   "