| 玄机 | xuán jī | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles | |
| 玄虚 | xuán xū | deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable | |
| 故弄玄虚 | gù nòng xuán xū | deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated | |
| 玄妙 | xuán miào | mysterious; profound; abstruse | |
| 玄武 | xuán wǔ | Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky |
| 1 | Still, Hyun's rejection of the North's explanation is a sign the South does not rule that possibility out. | |
| 2 | The historical stories of the Chinese monk Fa Xian, Xuan Zang, and Nepal' s Princess Bhrukuti, Architect Arniko are still popular among the two peoples. | |
| 3 | I will not pretend that raising children amid a stream of tests is a Zen experience, for them or for their parents. |