含沙射影

Chinese

		to keep; to contain	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	radio- (chem.); shoot	picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow
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

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hánshāshèyǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄚ ㄕㄜˋ ㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ saa¹ se⁶ jing²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hánshāshèyǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄚ ㄕㄜˋ ㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hánshashèyǐng
    • Wade–Giles: han²-sha¹-shê⁴-ying³
    • Yale: hán-shā-shè-yǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harnshashehyiing
    • Palladius: ханьшашэин (xanʹšašɛin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁴ saa¹ se⁶ jing²
    • Yale: hàhm sā seh yíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁴ saa¹ se⁶ jing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁴ sa¹ sé⁶ ying²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²¹ saː⁵⁵ sɛː²² jɪŋ³⁵/

Idiom

含沙射影

1. to attack or slander by insinuation