打小人 [－－－]

Jyutping daa2 siu2 jan4
Pinyin dǎ xiǎo rén

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, verb-object
    to perform villain hitting (a type of folk sorcery popular in Guangdong and Hong Kong)
    (syn.) 打小人, 拍小人

打小人 [－－－]

Jyutping daa2 siu2 jan2
Pinyin dǎ xiǎo rén

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. a Chinese custom akin to a Voodoo doll, where a person can hire someone to use a wooden block or shoe to hit a man-shaped piece of paper with another person's name and birth date (or other details) on it, believing that it can curse one's enemy with bad luck
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    一種​詛咒​或​泄​憤​嘅​傳​統​民​間​儀​式​，​大力​打​代表​某個​人​嘅​小型​人形​紙樣​；​喺​驚​蟄​當​日​（​西​曆​三月​五日​或者​六日​）​特別興
    a ritual offered to those who wish to do harm to an enemy which involves beating a cut-out representation of the person, i.e. a form of sympathetic magic, particularly popular at the Spring solstice; literally: to beat the little person
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    打小人
    打小人
    daa2 siu2 jan2
    • a form of sympathetic magic, particularly popular at the Spring solstice