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- to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill
- (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
- ghost of one who died unjustly
- departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances
Trad. 迷魂湯
- potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4 po2 tang1])
- magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
Trad. 迷魂藥
- magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
- knockout drug
- ecstasy; MDMA
- a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
Trad. 黯然銷魂
- overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting
Trad. 神魂顛倒
- lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love
- fascinated
- captivated
Trad. 借屍還魂
- lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
Trad. 揚幡招魂
- lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)
- fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead
- to be preoccupied (idiom)
- to be inattentive
- to be frightened out of one's mind
Trad. 魂不附體
- lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits
- beside oneself
Trad. 魂牽夢縈
- (idiom) to miss very much; to yearn for
Trad. 魂牽夢繞
- see 魂牽夢縈|魂牵梦萦[hun2 qian1 meng4 ying2]
Trad. 魂飛魄散
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom)
- fig. to be frightened stiff
- spooked out of one's mind
- terror-stricken
Trad. 陰魂不散
- lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom)
- fig. the influence still lingers on
- the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
- wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom)
- person who has no family or friends to rely on
Trad. 灌迷魂湯
- to butter sb up
- to try to impress sb
Trad. 驚魂甫定
- to have just recovered from a shock
- Victims of Opium, novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥[Peng2 Yang3 ou1], published in 1909
- three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
Trad. 喪魂失魄
- (idiom) out of one's senses; shaken to the core; dazed
Trad. 喪魂落魄
- scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic