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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

含沙射影

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hanshasheying

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
innuendo/ˌɪn.juˈen.doʊ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15420 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他的讲话充满了含沙射影的讽刺。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

    "His speech was full of sexual innuendo and double entendres."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 16th century: from Latin, ablative gerund of innuere 'to nod at, hint', from in- 'at' + nuere 'to nod'. Originally used in legal documents to indicate a parenthetic explanation or direct reference, its meaning later broadened to any indirect hint or insinuation.

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