渊玄

淵玄

yuānxuán

adjective

Meanings

1 profound; deep and abstruse (of thought or doctrine)

Characters

deep pool; abyss

mysterious; profound

Examples

HSK 7-9

这部经书义理渊玄。

Zhèbù jīngshū yì lǐ yuānxuán.

This scripture's doctrines are profound and abstruse.

HSK 7-9

他的学问渊玄，常人难懂。

Tā de xuéwèn yuānxuán, chángrén nándǒng.

His scholarship is profound - beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Tips

register

Highly literary; mainly seen in classical philosophical or Buddhist and Daoist texts. 渊 = deep abyss, 玄 = mysterious/dark - the same 玄 as in 玄学 (metaphysics).

Stroke Order

渊 yuān

玄 xuán