玄学
xuán xué
Pinyin

Definition

玄学
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xuán xué
  1. Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
  2. translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)

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Related Words (18)

玄机
xuán jī
  1. 1 profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism)
  2. 2 mysterious principles
玄武
Xuán wǔ
  1. 1 Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
  2. 2 (in Daoism) God of the north sky
玄武区
Xuán wǔ qū
  1. 1 Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
玄关
xuán guān
  1. 1 entrance hall
  2. 2 vestibule
唐玄宗
Táng Xuán zōng
  1. 1 Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Táng Míng huáng], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Lǐ Lōng jī], reigned 712-756
故弄玄虚
gù nòng xuán xū
  1. 1 deliberately mystifying
  2. 2 to make sth unnecessarily complicated
玄
xuán
  1. 1 black
  2. 2 mysterious
玄乎
xuán hū
  1. 1 unreliable
  2. 2 incredible
玄参
xuán shēn
  1. 1 Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)
  2. 2 root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
玄奘
Xuán zàng
  1. 1 Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
玄妙
xuán miào
  1. 1 mysterious
  2. 2 profound
  3. 3 abstruse
玄学
xuán xué
  1. 1 Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
  2. 2 translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学)
玄秘
xuán mì
  1. 1 mystery
  2. 2 mysterious
  3. 3 occult
  4. 4 abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)
房玄龄
Fáng Xuán líng
  1. 1 Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书
玄之又玄
xuán zhī yòu xuán
  1. 1 mystery within a mystery
  2. 2 the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]
玄孙
xuán sūn
  1. 1 great-great-grandson
玄色
xuán sè
  1. 1 black (without gloss)
  2. 2 black with a hint of red in it
玄虚
xuán xū
  1. 1 deceitful trick
  2. 2 mystery
  3. 3 unfathomable

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