焉知

yān zhī

Definitions

1. (literary) how is one to know?

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Words Containing 焉知

• 塞翁失马焉知非福 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
• 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 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?

Child Words of 焉知

• 焉 焉 yān: where
• 知 知 zhī: to know