xuán
ào

common
adjective
literary

Meaning of 玄奥

玄奥 means profound; abstruse; deep and difficult to understand. Pronounced xuán ào.

  • profound; abstruse; deep and difficult to understand

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zhé
xué
zhù
zuò
nèi
róng
xuán
ào
 
chū
xué
zhě
hěn
nán
jiě
 

This philosophical work is so abstruse that beginners find it hard to understand.

Dào
qiǎn
xiǎn
 
bìng
xuán
ào
 

The reasoning is simple and not at all abstruse.

 
jīng
 
de
dào
shí
fēn
xuán
ào
 
yào
cháng
zuān
yán
 

The principles of the I Ching are extremely profound and require long-term study.

jiǎn
dān
de
gài
niàn
jiǎng
de
shí
fēn
xuán
ào
 

He deliberately explained simple concepts in an extremely abstruse way.