当然，这只是一个玩笑，但却寓意深远。

This was, of course, a joke-but it contains a serious point.

该章印刻竹节、竹叶、昆虫，做工精湛，形象深动，寓意深远。

The chapter engraved bamboo, bamboo leaves, insects, exquisite workmanship, the image of moving deep, far-reaching implication.

史密斯说，且不管论文给他的授业教授的印象如何，他知道自己的主张是寓意深远的。

Regardless of the impression it made on his professor, Smith said that he knew the idea was profound.