焉知
焉知 yān zhī ㄧㄢ ㄓ jin1 zi1
- (literary) how is one to know?
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焉
- 于焉於焉 yú yān ㄩˊ ㄧㄢ jyu1 jin4 (classical) see 於是|于是[yu2 shi4]
- 焉耆 Yān qí ㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˊ jin1 kei4 see 焉耆回族自治縣|焉耆回族自治县[Yan1 qi2 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 异焉異焉 yì yān ㄧˋ ㄧㄢ ji6 jin4 feeling surprised at sth
- 焉耆县焉耆縣 Yān qí Xiàn ㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ jin1 kei4 jyun6 see 焉耆回族自治縣|焉耆回族自治县[Yan1 qi2 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄢ gung1 mok6 daai6 jin1 no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
- 心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢ sam1 bat1 zoi6 jin4 absent-minded
Idioms with these characters
- 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄢ gung1 mok6 daai6 jin1 no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
- 语焉不详語焉不詳 yǔ yān bù xiáng ㄩˇ ㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ jyu5 jin4 bat1 coeng4 to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
- 不知不觉不知不覺 bù zhī bù jué ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ bat1 zi1 bat1 gok3 (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
- 不知丁董 bù zhī Dīng Dǒng ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˇ bat1 zi1 ding1 dung2 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
- 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ bat1 zi1 hou2 daai2 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
- 不知进退不知進退 bù zhī jìn tuì ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ bat1 zi1 zeon3 teoi3 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
- 不知轻重不知輕重 bù zhī qīng zhòng ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ bat1 zi1 hing1 cung5 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things