玄乎 (xuán hū) — (colloquial, stative verb) far-fetched; unreliable; hard to believe

Définition

Colloquial adjective meaning a story or explanation sounds 'fishy' — too far-fetched to trust, not literally mysterious. Closer to 'hard to believe' than to genuinely mystical or profound.

adjective
(colloquial, stative verb) far-fetchedunreliablehard to believe

Exemples

  • 玄乎
    Tā shuō de nà ge gù shi tài xuán hū le, méi rén xiāng xìn.
    The story he told was too far-fetched; no one believed it.
  • 玄乎
    Zhè jiàn shì tīng qǐ lái hěn xuán hū, nǐ néng bù néng shuō dé jù tǐ yì diǎn?
    This matter sounds very unreliable; can you be more specific?
  • 玄乎
    Bié tīng tā de, nà xiē dōu shì xuán hū de shuō fǎ.
    Don't listen to him; those are all far-fetched statements.

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