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# 一切經音義 70.95

一切經音義 70.95

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [70.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.70.95)

一尋（古文𡬰或作　同似林反謂人兩臂為尋淮南子云人脩八尺尋自倍故八尺曰尋也）。

> One fathom (一尋: ancient script 𡬰, or written as \[…\], both identical; fanqie 似林 \[sì + lín = xín/xún\]; refers to the span of a person's two arms as a fathom \[xún\]; the Huainanzi says: 'A person's height is eight chi; their fathom matches their own height, hence eight chi is called a fathom').  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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