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
- 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
- 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?
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- 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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
- 卷四十 Scroll 40 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 2
- 《山木》 The Tree on the Mountain Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 2
- 卷二 俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 2
- 卷十七 馮岑賈列傳 Volume 17: Biographies of Feng, Cen, Jia Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu The Analects of Confucius 論語 — count: 1
- 卷四百七十二 列傳第二百三十一 姦臣二 蔡京弟:卞 子:攸 翛 族子:崈 趙良嗣 張覺 郭藥師 Volume 472 Biographies 231: Treacherous Officials 2 - Cai Jing and younger brother: Bian, sons: You, Shu, descendant: Chong, Zhao Liangsi, Zhang Jue, Guo Yaoshi History of Song 宋史 — count: 1