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謎之

简谜之 · 繁謎之

Mandarin · pinyin mí zhī

(neologism) (slang) (attributive) mysterious; enigmatic (calque from Japanese 謎の "nazo no")

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謎: Look up this written character
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
谜: mí · riddle, conundrum; puzzle

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2–1 · mi2 zhi1

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