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 ㄕㄚㄕㄜˋ ㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ham⁴ saa¹ se⁶ jing²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hánshāshèyǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄚㄕㄜˋ 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

to attack or slander by insinuation

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