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- demonic
- iniquitous
- nefarious
- evil
- unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
- (coll.) strange
- abnormal
Trad. 邪氣
- evil influence
- unhealthy trend
- (a person's) evil air
- aura of wickedness
- (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy)
- pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM
- as opposed to vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4]
- opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4] (TCM)
- (TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]
- to ward off evil spirits
- mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
Trad. 邪不敵正
- good will always triumph over evil (idiom)
Trad. 邪知邪見
- false wisdom and erroneous views (Buddhism)
Trad. 消災避邪
- to avoid calamities and evil spirits
Trad. 邪門歪道
- lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices
- crooked methods
- dishonesty
Trad. 捨正從邪
- to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
Trad. 歪風邪氣
- noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
Trad. 正邪相爭
- term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4]
Trad. 改邪歸正
- to mend one's ways (idiom)
- to turn over a new leaf
Trad. 扶正壓邪
- to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
Trad. 棄邪歸正
- to give up evil and return to virtue