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(bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4])

(bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4]); obscure; mysterious

roof (宀) + grain (米) + big (大) = something deep and obscure inside

The image is of a large grain store tucked under a roof — its inner recesses hard to see or reach. That sense of a deep, hidden interior is how 奥 came to mean obscure or mysterious.

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这本书的内容很深,我看了好几遍才懂。

zhè běn shū de nèi róng hěn shēn ào,wǒ kàn le hǎo jǐ biàn cái dǒng。

The content of this book is very profound; I read it several times before I understood it.

他去北京看了运会的开幕式,觉得非常精彩。

tā qù běi jīng kàn le ào yùn huì de kāi mù shì,jué de fēi cháng jīng cǎi。

He went to Beijing to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics and found it very spectacular.

Words with 奥

里奥斯

lǐ ào sī

Ríos (name)

重整奥思定会

zhòng zhěng ào sī dìng huì

Order of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns

阃奥

kǔn ào

innermost room

马可·奥勒留

mǎ kě · ào lēi liú

Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman Emperor

马里奥

mǎ lǐ ào

Mario (name)

伊斯帕尼奥拉

yī sī pà ní ào lā

Hispaniola (Caribbean island including Haiti and the Dominican Republic)

克莉奥佩特拉

kè lì ào pèi tè lā

Cleopatra (c. 70–30 BC), queen of Egypt

克里奥尔语

kè lǐ ào ěr yǔ

creole language

冬奥会

dōng ào huì

Winter Olympics

冬残奥会

dōng cán ào huì

Winter Paralympics

南奥塞梯

nán ào sài tī

South Ossetia

乔治·奥威尔

qiáo zhì · ào wēi ěr

George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984

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