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The character "狂" is structured with the canine radical (犭) on the left, which signifies its original connection to animal behavior, specifically the madness or rabies of a dog. Its right-hand component, 王, is often interpreted phonetically but may also contribute an associative sense of largeness or excess. From this concrete foundation of animalistic frenzy, its meaning expanded in classical texts to describe humans exhibiting extreme mental states, loss of reason, or wild, unrestrained conduct. Over centuries, the semantic range of "狂" further broadened to encompass not just pathological insanity but also intense, overwhelming emotions and actions that defy convention, including a more positive sense of passionate, unbounded enthusiasm, as seen in terms for romantic ardor or artistic abandon. The traditional form, which remains consistent in structure, thus carries a conceptual evolution from a specific physical malady in animals to a complex spectrum of human excess, both destructive and inspired.
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狂风暴雨来了。
他对音乐很狂热。
那个想法太疯狂了。
别狂妄自大。
他欣喜若狂。
这首诗充满浪漫的狂想。
这消息引发了一场狂潮。
他在画布上狂野地挥洒色彩。