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渊玄

淵玄
yuānxuán
adjective

Meanings

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

Examples

这部经书义理渊玄。
Zhè bù jīngshū yìlǐ yuānxuán.
This scripture's doctrines are profound and abstruse.
他的学问渊玄，常人难懂。
Tā de xuéwèn yuānxuán, chángrén nán dǒng.
His scholarship is profound — beyond the reach of ordinary people.

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

Stroke Order

渊 yuān
玄 xuán