焉

yān

Definitions

1. where
2. how

Example Sentences

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殺雞 焉 用牛刀。

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Words Containing 焉

• 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ: How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• 割鸡焉用牛刀 gē jī yān yòng niú dāo: lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
• 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān: no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
• 塞翁失马焉知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú: it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
• 心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān: absent-minded
• 于焉 yú yān: (classical) see 於是|于是[yú shì]
• 有子存焉 yǒu zǐ cún yān: I still have sons, don't I?
• 杀鸡焉用牛刀 shā jī yān yòng niú dāo: don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
• 焉知 yān zhī: (literary) how is one to know?
• 焉耆 yān qí: Yanqi county in Xinjiang
• 焉耆回族自治县 yān qí huí zú zì zhì xiàn: Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
• 焉耆盆地 yān qí pén dì: Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
• 焉耆县 yān qí xiàn: Yenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
• 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì: 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?
• 异焉 yì yān: feeling surprised at sth
• 语焉不详 yǔ yān bù xiáng: to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
• 过而能改，善莫大焉 guò ér néng gǎi , shàn mò dà yān: If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)