How to write 焉, stroke by stroke
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What 焉 means
where; how
Ideographic: A bird 鳥 with a strange head
Words with 焉
- 心不在焉xīn bù zài yānabsent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
- 于焉yú yān(classical) see 于是
- 异焉yì yānfeeling surprised at sth
- 有子存焉yǒu zǐ cún yānI still have sons, don't I?; fig. future generations will continue the work
- 焉知yān zhī(literary) how is one to know?
- 功莫大焉gōng mò dà yānno greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
- 语焉不详yǔ yān bù xiángto mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
- 焉耆盆地yān qí pén dìYanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
- 焉耆yān qíYanqi county in Xinjiang
- 焉耆县yān qí xiànYenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
焉 in a sentence
tā zài kè táng shàng xīn bú zài yān 。
He had his head in the clouds in class.
tā xīn bú zài yān de bǎ chē zi zhuàng zài le zhù zi shàng 。
By lack of attention, she hit the post with her car.
shā jī yān yòng niú dāo 。
Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
tā xīn bú zài yān 。
He's absent-minded.
bú rù hǔ xué ， yān dé hǔ zǐ 。
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.