玄
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Definitions
- 1. black
- 2. mysterious
Words Containing 玄
profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism)
Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology
Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[táng míng huáng], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[lǐ lōng jī], reigned 712-756
first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[qiān zì wén]
Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书[jìn shū]
deliberately mystifying
pillow lava (geology)
Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
profundity
mystery within a mystery
unreliable; incredible
Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)
mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙|昆仑[kūn lún]
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
abstruse
mysterious
great-great-grandson
Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
xuanhuan, a fusion of Western and Eastern fantasy (subgenre of Chinese fantasy fiction)
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
basalt (geology)
basalt
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
profound theory
magnetite Fe3O4
mystery
genmaicha
black (without gloss)
Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
(intentionally) mysterious; arcane
profound
entrance hall
deep black
(bird species of China) white tern (Gygis alba)
(bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar