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玄學

简玄学 · 繁玄學

Mandarin · pinyin xuán xué

Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學)

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玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
學: xué · learning, knowledge; school
学: xué · learning, knowledge; school

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2–2 · xuan2 xue2

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name

Xuanxue; Dark Learning

noun

metaphysics
(by extension, neologism, Internet slang, humorous) misbelief that doing certain things will increase one's luck (especially one's luck in games with gacha mechanics); superstition

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