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走火入魔

Mandarin · pinyin zǒu huǒ rù mó

to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard
(Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation

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3–3–4–2 · zou3 huo3 ru4 mo2

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zau2 fo2 jap6 mo1

Cantonese word readings for 走火入魔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(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)