含沙射影
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Chinese[edit]
to keep; to contain | granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar |
radio- (chem.); shoot | picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow | ||
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trad. (含沙射影) | 含 | 沙 | 射 | 影 | |
simp. #(含沙射影) | 含 | 沙 | 射 | 影 | |
Literally: “to hold sand in the mouth and splash onto someone's shadow”. |
Etymology[edit]
From a kind of mythological creature called 蜮 (yù). People or those with their shadow got shot with sand splashed from them will get serious diseases and die.
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
含沙射影
- to attack or slander by insinuation