走火入魔

Chinese

		overrunning of fire	to be spellbound; to be infatuated or obsessed
simp. and trad. (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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǒuhuǒrùmó [Phonetic: zóuhuǒrùmó]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoouhuuoruhmo
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐu⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau² fo² jap⁶ mo¹
  - Yale: jáu fó yahp mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² fo² jap⁹ mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo² fo² yeb⁶ mo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ jɐp̚² mɔː⁵⁵/

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
(figuratively) to be obsessed with something as if one is possessed by demons; to be taken over by (something)

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