焉知 yānzhī

yānzhī adverb how is it known
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '焉知'; Guoyu '焉知')

Contained in

• 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志(燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志) can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan?
• 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise

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• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
• 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
• 《山木》 The Tree on the Mountain Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 2
• 《子路第十三》 Commentary on Zi Lu XIII Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
• 11. 《先進》 Xian Jin The Analects of Confucius 論語 — count: 1
• 卷二百〇六　　列傳第九十三: 叛臣 Volume 206 Biographies 93: Contrary Ministers History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1