Beat people in the dark
In Chinese, Pinyin is dunchu í D à R é n, which means attacking secretly. It refers to attacking people secretly. From people's literature.
The origin of Idioms
People's literature, No.7, 1997: "who dares to come out and reason with me? Beating people in secret is the origin of tuxingsun! "
Idiom usage
To attack someone secretly is a mean means of not being able to hit someone secretly.
Analysis of Idioms
Close synonym: stabbing people in the back
Beat people in the dark
find it hard to clear oneself - tiào dào huáng hé xǐ bù qīng
Things seldom seen are strange. - liáo dōng bái shǐ
feel as if a knife were piercing one 's heart - xīn rú dāo jù