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鬼迷心竅

简鬼迷心窍 · 繁鬼迷心竅

Mandarin · pinyin guǐ mí xīn qiào

to be obsessed
to be possessed

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鬼: guǐ · ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri
迷: mí · bewitch, charm, infatuate
心: xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
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窍: qiào · hole, opening, aperture

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3–2–1–4 · gui3 mi2 xin1 qiao4

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gwai2 mai4 sam1 hiu3

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(idiomatic) to be possessed by a spirit and lose one's thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something

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