焉知

yān zhī

Meanings

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yān zhī

1.(literary) how is one to know?

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Wiktionary

1.how is one to know

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Stroke order

Components

焉正己灬

知矢口

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Characters

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Derived terms

塞翁失馬，焉知非福 / 塞翁失马，焉知非福

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Related words

塞翁失马焉知非福 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 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?