走火入魔
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Chinese
| overrunning of fire | to be spellbound; to be infatuated or obsessed | ||
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| trad. (走火入魔) | 走火 | 入魔 | |
| simp. #(走火入魔) | 走火 | 入魔 | |
| Literally: “fire running wild and being possessed by a demon”. | |||
Pronunciation
Idiom
走火入魔
- (Taoism, qigong, etc.) to experience serious negative physiological and psychological changes resulting from the “improper” practice of qigong or other self-cultivation techniques; to develop meditation psychosis
- (figurative) to be obsessed with something as if one is possessed by demons; to be taken over by (something)