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Pinyin: yānEnglish Definition: where; howChinese Definition: ①与介词“于”加代词“是”相当：心不在焉。不复出焉。
②乃，才：必知乱之所自起，焉能治之。
③文言疑问词，怎么，哪儿：且焉置土石？
④文言助词：又何戚焉。Total strokes: 11;
Radical: 火 Ideographic: A bird
鳥 with a strange head
Character Formation:
- ⿳ Above to middle and below
- 正 [ zhèng ] straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- 灬 [ huǒ ] fire
Example Words:
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); fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter; also written
杀鸡焉用牛刀 塞翁失马焉知非福 [
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú ]: the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
心不在焉 [
xīn bù zài yān ]: absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
Example Sentences- 我们就按着他所问的告诉他，焉能知道他要说‘必须把你们的兄弟带下来’呢？
We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, 'Bring your brother down here'?
- 你们所忍受的，是神管教你们，待你们如同待儿子。焉有儿子不被父亲管教的呢。
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
- 人若不知道管理自己的家，焉能照管神的教会呢？
If anyone does not know how tomanage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?
- 若不是他们的磐石卖了他们，若不是耶和华交出他们，一人焉能追赶他们千人，二人焉能使万人逃跑呢？
How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- 隐喻从来都是行话的一个主要支柱，既可卖弄才华，又语焉不明。
One of the main pillars of jargon has always been metaphor, both sporting and mixed.
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