走火入魔

Chinese

		overrunning of fire	to be spellbound; to be infatuated or obsessed
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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒuhuǒrùmó

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² fo² jap⁶ mo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuhuǒrùmó [Phonetic: zóuhuǒrùmó]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒuhuǒrùmó
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-huo³-ju⁴-mo²
    • Yale: dzǒu-hwǒ-rù-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoouhuooruhmo
    • Palladius: цзоухожумо (czouxožumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² fo² jap⁶ mo¹
    • Yale: jáu fó yahp mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² fo² jap⁹ mo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² fo² yeb⁶ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ jɐp̚² mɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

走火入魔

1. (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
2. (figurative) to be obsessed with something as if one is possessed by demons; to be taken over by (something)