高深

gāoshēn

adjective #24,363

Meanings

1 profound
2 abstruse
3 advanced and deep

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Examples

这门课的内容太高深，我暂时听不懂。

Zhè mén kè de nèiróng tài gāoshēn, wǒ zànshí tīngbùdǒng.

The content of this course is too advanced - I can't follow it yet.

他的哲学思想高深莫测。

Tā de zhéxué sīxiǎng gāoshēn-mòcè.

His philosophical thought is profoundly unfathomable.

Tips

usage

高深莫测 is the full idiom form meaning 'so profound it cannot be fathomed'. 高深 alone is often used with slight irony to mean something is unnecessarily complicated.

Stroke Order

高 gāo

深 shēn