玄学

玄學

xuánxué

noun #46,930

Meanings

1 Xuanxue / Neo-Daoist philosophy (Wei-Jin)
2 metaphysics
3 mystical / unexplainable stuff

Characters

dark / mysterious

Examples

HSK 4

这游戏抽卡全靠玄学。

Zhè yóuxì chōukǎ quán kào xuánxué.

Drawing cards in this game is pure voodoo.

HSK 7-9

魏晋玄学结合了道家和儒家思想。

Wèi Jìn xuánxué jiéhé le Dàojiā hé Rújiā sīxiǎng.

Wei-Jin Xuanxue combined Daoist and Confucian thought.

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usage

Academic meaning: the Wei-Jin 'Study of the Mystery' philosophers (王弼, 郭象) who reread Laozi and Zhuangzi. Internet slang meaning: anything inexplicable - gacha luck, sports superstition, bad code that somehow works.

Stroke Order

玄 xuán

学 xué