艱深

艰深
jiānshēn
  1. abstruse
  2. complicated

CEDICT

difficult to understand; abstruse

Wiktionary

艱澀深奧，不易明瞭。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 艱 jiān
  1. difficult
  2. hard
  3. hardship
=2 深 shēn old variant of 深 shēn
=2 深 shēn deep (lit. and fig.)

Containing this entry

艱深晦澀 jiānshēnhuìsè abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)

Related entries

沕 wù
  1. abstruse
  2. profound
玄奧 xuánào
  1. abstruse
  2. profound mystery
  3. the mysteries of the universe
窕邃 tiǎosuì
  1. abstruse
  2. deep and profound
深奧 shēnào
  1. profound
  2. abstruse
  3. recondite
  4. profoundly
這是一道深奧的數學題。

This is a difficult math problem.

Source: Tatoeba

深邃 shēnsuì
  1. deep (valley or night)
  2. abstruse
  3. hidden in depth
玄妙 xuánmiào
  1. mysterious
  2. profound
  3. abstruse
眑 yǎo
  1. sunken eyes
  2. deep
  3. abstruse
繁 fán
  1. complicated
  2. many
  3. in great numbers
  4. abbr. for 繁體 fántǐ, traditional form of Chinese characters
繁複 fánfù complicated
曲折 qūzhé
  1. winding
  2. (fig.) complicated
錯綜 cuòzōng
  1. intricate
  2. complicated
  3. tangled
  4. involved
  5. to synthesize
疑難 yínán
  1. hard to understand
  2. difficult to deal with
  3. knotty
  4. complicated