Back to Dictionary
焉知
yānzhī
1.
(literary) how is one to know?
Uncommon • Top 34%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (2)
塞翁失马焉知非福
sàiwēngshīmǎyānzhīfēifú
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
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?
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Word Frequency Rank
- 28,973 of 84,292