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Chinese
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to keep; to contain
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granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar |
radio- (chem.); shoot
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picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow |
| trad. (含沙射影)
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含
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沙
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射
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影
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| simp. #(含沙射影)
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含
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沙
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射
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影
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| Literally: “to hold sand in the mouth and splash onto someone's shadow”.
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Etymology
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
Idiom
含沙射影
- to attack or slander by insinuation