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影射

Mandarin · pinyin yǐng shè

to refer obliquely to
to insinuate
innuendo

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影: yǐng · shadow; image, reflection; photograph
射: shè · shoot, eject, issue forth, emit

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3–4 · ying3 she4

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jing2 se6

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verb

to insinuate; to suggest; to hint; to allude to the fact that
(alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of 映射 (yìngshè).

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