繁徵博引

an elaborate string of references / many quotations

to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

extensive / ample / rich / obtain / aim / to win / to get / plentiful / to gamble

old variant of 博[bo2]

to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence

4th note in pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], roughly sol / see also 徵|征[zheng1]

old variant of 繁[fan2]

complicated / many / in great numbers / abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters