Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「玄之又玄」 for your learning.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「玄之又玄」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Originally a Taoist term, it describes the subtlety and intangibility of Tao. The latter is often used to describe something that is very mysterious and difficult to understand.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xuán zhī yòu xuán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 ji1 yau6 yun4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
