降妖除魔
xiáng yāo chú mó
to vanquish demons and monsters
Character by character
降xiáng
subdue
subdue
妖yāo
demons
demons
除chú
remove
remove
魔mó
devils
devils
Example
小时候看《西游记》，我最爱看孙悟空降妖除魔。
As a child, watching Journey to the West, I liked best the parts where Sun Wukong defeats the demons.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
The stock phrase for demon-fighters such as Sun Wukong and 钟馗. 降 here is xiáng, “to subdue” (as in 投降), not jiàng. Also used jokingly of fixing bugs or dealing with a nasty problem.
Learn this in Lesson 67 · HSK 6: 《黑神话：悟空》 (Black Myth: Wukong and the games industry)
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