玄之又玄 xuán zhī yòu xuán — utterly mysterious; abstruse

玄之又玄
xuán zhī yòu xuán

Characters: 玄 · 之 · 又 · 玄

Definitions

  1. utterly mysterious; abstruse

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. mystery within a mystery
  2. the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]

ExtDict

  1. 原为道家语，形容道的微妙无形。后多形容非常奥妙，不易理解。

Examples

  • 这篇论文玄之又玄，我读不懂。

    This paper is utterly abstruse; I cannot understand it.

  • 他把道理讲得玄之又玄，越听越糊涂。

    He explained the idea so mysteriously that it grew more confusing.