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Here is the Chinese idiom 「含沙射影」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Legend has it that there is an animal called a snake that sprays sand into the water at people’s shadows, making people sick. A metaphor for attacking or framing someone secretly.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hán shā shè yǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ham4 sa1 se6 ying2
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