"Mystery" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 神秘 | shén mì | mysterious / mystery |   |
| 奥秘 | ào mì | secret / mystery | |
| 疑团 | yí tuán | doubts and suspicions / a maze of doubts / puzzle / mystery | |
| 哑谜 | yǎ mí | puzzle / mystery | |
| 玄秘 | xuán mì | mystery / mysterious / occult / abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious) | |
| 神秘莫测 | shén mì mò cè | mystery / unfathomable / enigmatic | |
| 天机 | tiān jī | mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret | |
| 探秘 | tàn mì | to explore a mystery / to probe the unknown | |
| 玄奥 | xuán ào | abstruse / profound mystery / the mysteries of the universe | |
| 玄之又玄 | xuán zhī yòu xuán | mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] | |
| 闷葫芦 | mèn hú lu | lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person | |
| 高深莫测 | gāo shēn mò cè | profound mystery | |
| 奧蹟 | ào jì | variant of 奥迹|奧迹, Holy mystery / Holy sacrament (of Orthodox church) | |
| 未解之谜 | wèi jiě zhī mí | unsolved mystery | |
| 玄远 | xuán yuǎn | profound / abstruse mystery | |
| 推理小说 | tuī lǐ xiǎo shuō | murder mystery (novel) / whodunit | |
| 奥迹 | ào jì | Holy mystery / Holy sacrament (of Orthodox church) | |
| 盲盒 | máng hé | blind box / mystery box | |
| 剧本杀 | jù běn shā | murder mystery game (role-playing game) | |
| 抽丝剥茧 | chōu sī - bō jiǎn | 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 | |
| 神秘面纱 | shén mì miàn shā | veil of mystery | |
| 装神弄鬼 | zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ | 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 | |
