含沙射影 hánshāshèyǐng to attack by innuendo Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 含沙射影 hánshāshèyǐng to attack by innuendo to attack or slander someone by making subtle or indirect hints; to make insinuations. Literally refers to a legendary creature that could spit sand at a person's shadow to cause them harm. Frequency Written text 0.224 per million Cross-References Variant of 含沙射人 hánshāshèrénSee 指桑骂槐 zhǐsāngmàhuáiReferenced by 鬼蜮伎俩 guǐyùjìliǎng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
含沙射影 hánshāshèyǐng to attack by innuendo to attack or slander someone by making subtle or indirect hints; to make insinuations. Literally refers to a legendary creature that could spit sand at a person's shadow to cause them harm. Frequency Written text 0.224 per million Cross-References Variant of 含沙射人 hánshāshèrénSee 指桑骂槐 zhǐsāngmàhuáiReferenced by 鬼蜮伎俩 guǐyùjìliǎng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
