wicked; sinister; vicious; malicious in heart or behavior

An evil cult or illegal organization that uses a religious facade to deceive people and harm society; heresy or paganism.

evil influence or an unhealthy trend; an aura of wickedness or shocking behavior

to mend one's ways; to give up evil and return to the right path

guileless; unaffected; pure-hearted; having no evil thoughts or wicked intentions

Describes someone whose heart is pure, sincere, and completely free of any evil thoughts or intentions

to ward off or drive away evil spirits or harmful influences; also written as [[避邪|避邪|bi4 xie2]]

strange; unusual; weird or impossible to explain through normal logic

to be bewitched or possessed by evil spirits; to be under a spell

wicked ideas; improper intentions or desires

evil spirit; demon; monster

unhealthy trends and evil practices; malignant social influences or corrupt styles of work

an improper path or dishonest way of living; deviant ways; heterodoxy

heresy; harmful teachings; evil doctrine or fallacy

to ward off or avoid evil spirits and influences; to protect oneself from misfortune through charms or rituals

an improper or deviant path; evil ways; vice or debauchery

to drive out evil spirits or demons; to exorcise

to support righteous ways and eliminate evil; to uphold justice against wrongdoing

Improper ways of doing things or illegal means; crooked paths.

an evil monster or supernatural creature; something weird or monstrous

(colloquial) extraordinary or unusual; strange; severe; exaggerated or overstated; incredible

Name of a famous sword-maker from the Spring and Autumn period, wife of [[干将|干將|gan1 jiang4]].

crafty and evil; treacherous

evil or wicked thoughts; malicious intentions

evil spirits and heretics; unorthodox ways or crooked methods; refers to evil forces and harmful or nonsensical doctrines

dishonest practices; illegal methods or corrupt ways of doing things; literally "devil's gate, crooked path"

Evil forces can never overcome the power of justice; a common idiom used to express that righteousness will eventually triumph.

heretical beliefs or harmful doctrines; ideas that differ from or oppose established or orthodox thought

strange; odd; abnormal; weird; suspicious

Evil will not triumph over virtue; the upright need not fear the crooked.

To be possessed by evil spirits; to go astray or become obsessed

an evil spirit or ghost believed to cause harm; also used metaphorically for evil forces or activities

weird; odd; peculiar; specifically colloquial behavior that is strange or eccentric; same as [[邪乎|邪乎|xie2 hu5]]

improper and departing from the correct path; heterodox or abnormal

(idiom) to support the forces of righteousness and overcome those of evil

to give up evil and return to virtue; to mend one's ways

clever move from out of left field; an unorthodox or tricky tactic

To abandon evil and return to the correct path; to reform one's ways.

To prevent evil thoughts from arising in order to maintain a sincere heart; to restrain bad habits and foster honesty. foster sincerity.

To refuse to be misled by fallacies, give in to pressure, or blindly accept common prejudices; originally meant not to believe in heresy or evil spirits

biased; prejudiced; unfair; not following the right path

wicked or crooked behavior; (literary variant) to be evil or deviate from the right path

(Chinese medicine) the six environmental factors that cause disease, specifically excessive [[风|風|feng1]], [[寒|寒|han2]], [[暑|暑|shu3]], [[湿|濕|shi1]], [[燥|燥|zao4]], and [[火|火|huo3]]

To forsake heresy and return to the correct path; to return to orthodoxy.

corruption among government officials; official misconduct; the bad reputation of officials

harmful cold energy that invades the body and causes illness in traditional Chinese medicine

The names of a legendary husband-and-wife pair of master sword-smiths from the Spring and Autumn Period, and the famous pair of male and female swords they forged; used more generally to refer to any extremely sharp or prized sword.

mother of Gautama Buddha; also known as Mahamaya

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