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The character "妖" is structured with the radical 女, denoting woman, and the component 夭, which implies a sense of deviation or unnaturalness, forming a phonetic and semantic compound. Etymologically, this combination initially conveyed ideas of aberrant feminine influences or ominous natural events, often seen as portents. Over time, its meaning narrowed from these broad associations with strange phenomena to more specific references to monstrous beings, evil spirits, or bewitching women, with the latter connotation of seductive allure becoming particularly sustained in later literary and vernacular contexts.
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那个故事里有妖怪。
森林里传出妖怪的叫声。
这部电影的特效让妖怪很逼真。
她打扮得有点妖艳，不太适合这个场合。
传说中，那个妖女会用歌声迷惑水手。
这股妖风来得突然，把晾的衣服都吹跑了。
她的舞姿带着一种妖娆的美。
他试图用妖言惑众，来掩盖自己的罪行。