玄 xuán
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 玄 — deep, profound, abstruse
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 幺 tiny
玄
xuán
mysterious; abstruse
Character
Example phrases
- 他的解释听起来很玄，却没有提供任何可验证的证据。 Tā de jiěshì tīng qǐlái hěn xuán, què méiyǒu tígōng rènhé kě yànzhèng de zhèngjù. His explanation sounds very mysterious, yet it provides no verifiable evidence.
- 这本书的内容太玄，我读了几页就放下了。 Zhè běn shū de nèiróng tài xuán, wǒ dúle jǐ yè jiù fàngxià le. The content of this book is too abstruse; I read a few pages and put it down.
- 老师讲得很玄，我们都没听懂他想说什么。 Lǎoshī jiǎng de hěn xuán, wǒmen dōu méi tīngdǒng tā xiǎng shuō shénme. The teacher explained it so obscurely that none of us understood what he meant.
Related words
- 玄机 xuánjī mystery; hidden clue; secret
- 偷窥 tōukuī peep; spy on
- 寓意 yùyì implied meaning; moral; symbolism
- 似是而非 sìshì'érfēi specious; seemingly right but actually wrong
- 蕴含 yùnhán to contain; to imply
- 谣言 yáoyán rumour
- 印证 yìnzhèng to confirm; evidence
- 误导 wùdǎo to mislead
- 正宗 zhèngzōng authentic; genuine; orthodox
- 歪曲 wāiqū to distort; to twist
- 原汁原味 yuánzhīyuánwèi original flavour; authentic
- 虚幻 xūhuàn unreal; illusory