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yān
why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then
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Words Using 焉 (17)

yān
where / how
焉知
yānzhī
(literary) how is one to know?
焉耆回族自治县
YānqíHuízúZìzhìxiàn
Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang [[巴音郭愣蒙古自治州<BāyīnguōlèngMěnggǔzìzhìzhōu>]], Xinjiang
焉耆盆地
Yānqípéndì
Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
焉耆县
Yānqíxiàn
Yenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang [[巴音郭愣蒙古自治州<BāyīnguōlèngMěnggǔzìzhìzhōu>]], Xinjiang
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yànquèyānzhīhónggǔzhīzhì
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
杀鸡焉用牛刀
shājīyānyòngniúdāo
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
语焉不详
yǔyānbùxiáng
to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
焉耆
Yānqí
Yanqi county in Xinjiang
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bùrùhǔxué,yāndéhǔzǐ
How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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