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邪氣

简邪气 · 繁邪氣

Mandarin · pinyin xié qì

evil influence
unhealthy trend
(a person's) evil air
aura of wickedness
(TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣 zhèng qì, vital energy)

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邪: xié · wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox
氣: qì · air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
气: qì · steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84

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2–4 · xie2 qi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce4 hei3

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noun

evil influence; unhealthy trend
(traditional Chinese medicine) pathogenic factor

adv

(Shanghainese) very, too

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