玄之又玄

Mandarin · pinyin xuán zhī yòu xuán

Meanings

  1. mystery within a mystery
  2. the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子 Lǎo zǐ
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玄
xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
又
yòu · and, also, again, in addition
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2–1–4–2 · xuan2 zhi1 you4 xuan2

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  1. (idiomatic) extremely profound and mysterious

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玄之又玄 · xuan2 zhi1 you4 xuan2
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Exact source record玄之又玄 玄之又玄 [xuan2 zhi1 you4 xuan2] /mystery within a mystery/the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]/