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The character 魔, a later addition to Chinese, was created by Buddhist translators for the Sanskrit concept "Mara", denoting demons or evil spirits that tempt humans and obstruct enlightenment. Structurally, it combines the semantic radical 鬼 (ghosts, spirits) at the bottom with the phonetic component 麻 at the top, which indicates its pronunciation. As a term coined specifically for a foreign religious idea, its core meaning consistently revolves around demons, magic, evil forces, and supernatural powers, and it has no separate traditional form, as its structure remains unchanged from its original creation for Buddhist texts.
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他喜欢看魔术表演。
这个童话里有善良的魔鬼。
那部电影充满了魔幻色彩。
新的电子游戏让他着魔了。
古老的传说讲述了山里的恶魔。
这个角色被魔王控制了思想。
音乐似乎有一种奇特的魔力。
他努力战胜自己的心魔，保持冷静。