一切經音義 3.236

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瞚息（式閏反韻英云動目也經作瞬通用開𨵵目數搖也從目寅案瞬目者一斂目也息一息氣也言極迅促也呂氏春秋曰萬世猶如一瞬目者也）。

A wink and a breath (瞚息: shi [式] + run [閏] fan. The Yunying says: “To move the eyes.” In the sūtras written interchangeably as 瞬; opening and closing the eyes, shaking rapidly. It is formed from eye [目] and 寅. Examining this, a blink of the eye (瞬目) is one closing of the eyes; a breath (息) is one drawing of breath; it denotes extreme swiftness. The Lüshi Chunqiu says: “Ten thousand generations are still like the blink of an eye”).