(xuán) — mysterious, profound, abstruse; (colloquial) unreliable, far-fetched; (dated) black, dark

Definición

Literary adjective meaning 'profound and hard to grasp' (玄学), stronger and more written than 神秘 ('mysterious'). Colloquially also means 'far-fetched, unreliable'.

adjective
mysteriousprofoundabstruse(colloquial) unreliablefar-fetched(dated) blackdark

Ejemplos

  • Zhè piān lùn wén jiǎng de shì xuán xué lǐ lùn, fēi cháng nán dǒng.
    This paper discusses abstruse theories and is very hard to understand.
  • Tā shuō de nà ge bàn fǎ tài xuán le, wǒ zǒng jué de bú kào pǔ.
    The method he mentioned sounds too far-fetched; I just don't think it's reliable.
  • Gǔ rén cháng chuān xuán sè yī fu, yǐ shì zhuāng zhòng.
    Ancient people often wore dark-colored clothes to show solemnity.

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