"veil of mystery" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 神秘面纱 神秘面紗 | veil of mystery |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 头纱 頭紗 | wedding veil / gauze headscarf or veil | ||
| 玄之又玄 | mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] | syn | |
| 面纱 面紗 | veil | syn | |
| 盖头 蓋頭 | cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil | ||
| 幂 冪 | (math.) power / exponent / to cover with a cloth / cloth cover / veil | syn | |
| 缡 縭 | bridal veil or kerchief | ||
| 褵 | bride's veil or kerchief | ||
| 幔子 | curtain / veil | ||
| 羃 | cover of cloth for food / veil | ||
| 结缡 結縭 | to marry / to tie the bridal veil | ||
| 结褵 結褵 | to marry / to tie the bridal veil | ||
| 喜帕 | bridal veil (covering the face) | ||
| 神秘 | mysterious / mystery | syn | |
| 解开 解開 | to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery) | syn | |
| 奥秘 奧祕 | secret / mystery | syn | |
| 天机 天機 | mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret | syn | |
| 探秘 探祕 | to explore a mystery / to probe the unknown | ||
| 疑团 疑團 | doubts and suspicions / a maze of doubts / puzzle / mystery | syn | |
| 玄奥 玄奧 | abstruse / profound mystery / the mysteries of the universe | syn | |
| 哑谜 啞謎 | puzzle / mystery | ||
| 闷葫芦 悶葫蘆 | lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person | syn | |
| 高深莫测 高深莫測 | profound mystery | syn | |
| 奧蹟 | variant of 奥迹|奧迹, Holy mystery / Holy sacrament (of Orthodox church) | ||
| 未解之谜 未解之謎 | unsolved mystery | ||
| 玄秘 | mystery / mysterious / occult / abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious) | ||
| 玄远 玄遠 | profound / abstruse mystery | ||
| 神秘莫测 神祕莫測 | mystery / unfathomable / enigmatic | ||
| 推理小说 推理小說 | murder mystery (novel) / whodunit | ||
| 奥迹 奧迹 | Holy mystery / Holy sacrament (of Orthodox church) | ||
| 盲盒 | blind box / mystery box | ||
| 剧本杀 劇本殺 | murder mystery game (role-playing game) | ||
| 抽丝剥茧 抽絲剝繭 | lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery / to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter | ||
| 装神弄鬼 裝神弄鬼 | lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to create a false sense of mystery / to play tricks to deceive or scare others / to engage in hocus-pocus |