insidious slander which gradually soaks into the mind
The Chinese idiom, J ì NR ù nzh ī Z è n, refers to slander in secret. From Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius.
The origin of Idioms
Yan Yuan, the Analects of Confucius: "it's a long way to go if you can't get a good feeling from the skin."
Idiom usage
Slander is gradually taking effect.
insidious slander which gradually soaks into the mind
yield twice the result with half the effort - shì bàn gōng bèi
bump against things on every side - kē tóu pèng nǎo