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含沙射影
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to attack someone by innuendo/insinuations; to spread unfounded rumors Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1820 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 19th Feb 2006 17:49 and last edited on 5th Apr 2013 19:11 |
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Characters in this word:含 ham4 - hold in mouth; contain; endure沙 saa1 - sand 射 se6 - shoot; emit 影 jing2 - shadow; image; reflection |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).