玄妙 (xuán miào) — mysterious, profound; abstruse, esoteric

Definition

Literary adjective for something so deep and obscure it feels mysterious. Far stronger and more formal than 奇妙 ('wonderful, magical'), which is the everyday word for "marvelous."

adjective

mysteriousprofoundabstruseesoteric

Examples

玄妙。
Zhè ge dào lǐ shí fēn xuán miào.
This principle is very profound.
玄妙，。
Tā de lǐ lùn hěn xuán miào, yì bān rén hěn nán lǐ jiě.
His theory is very abstruse, hard for ordinary people to understand.
玄妙。
Dào jiā sī xiǎng zhōng yǒu hěn duō xuán miào de gài niàn.
Daoist thought contains many mysterious concepts.

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