入魔

rùmó

verb #20,056

Meanings

1 to become obsessed
2 to be bewitched
3 to enter a demonic state (in martial arts fiction)

Characters

demon / devil / magic

Examples

他修炼时走火入魔，功力尽废。

Tā xiūliàn shí zǒuhuǒ rùmó, gōnglì jìn fèi.

He went astray while cultivating his skills, losing all his power.

她对网络游戏入魔，整日不吃不睡。

Tā duì wǎngluò yóuxì rùmó, zhěngrì bù chī bù shuì.

She became obsessed with online games, not eating or sleeping all day.

Tips

culture

入魔 is deeply rooted in wuxia (martial arts) and xianxia (cultivation) fiction, where it refers specifically to a cultivator losing control of their power and entering a dangerous, demon-influenced state. The full idiom 走火入魔 is common; 入魔 alone is used more colloquially to describe any extreme obsession.

Stroke Order

入 rù

魔 mó