焉
yān
Pinyin

Definition

焉
 - 
yān
  1. where
  2. how

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

嫣
yān
  1. 1 lovely
  2. 2 sweet
蔫
niān
  1. 1 to fade
  2. 2 to wither
  3. 3 to wilt
  4. 4 listless
鄢
Yān
  1. 1 surname Yan
  2. 2 name of a district in Henan

Related Words (5)

心不在焉
xīn bù zài yān
  1. 1 absent-minded
  2. 2 preoccupied
  3. 3 inattentive
  4. 4 with one's thoughts wandering
焉
yān
  1. 1 where
  2. 2 how
焉知
yān zhī
  1. 1 (literary) how is one to know?
焉耆
Yān qí
  1. 1 Yanqi county in Xinjiang
语焉不详
yǔ yān bù xiáng
  1. 1 to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details

Idioms (6)

不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
  1. 1 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?
语焉不详
yǔ yān bù xiáng
  1. 1 to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details

Sample Sentences

且夫水之积也不厚，则其负大舟也无力。覆杯水于坳堂之上，则芥为之舟；置杯焉则胶，水浅而舟大也。风之积也不厚，则其负大翼也无力。故九万里，则风斯在下矣，而后乃今培风；背负青天，而莫之夭阏者，而后乃今将图南。
qiě fú shuǐ zhī jī yě bù hòu ，zé qí fù dàzhōu yě wúlì 。fù bēishuǐ yú àotáng zhī shàng ，zé jiè wèizhī zhōu ；zhì bēi yān zé jiāo ，shuǐ qiǎn ér zhōu dà yě 。fēng zhī jī yě bù hòu ，zé qí fù dàyì yě wúlì 。gù jiǔwàn lǐ ，zé fēng sī zài xià yǐ ，ér hòu nǎi jīn péifēng ；bèi fù qīngtiān ，ér mò zhī yāoè zhě ，ér hòu nǎi jīn jiāng tú nán 。
And moreover, (to speak of) the accumulation of water; if it be not great, it will not have strength to support a large boat. Upset a cup of water in a cavity, and a straw will float on it as if it were a boat. Place a cup in it, and it will stick fast; the water is shallow and the boat is large. (So it is with) the accumulation of wind; if it be not great, it will not have strength to support great wings. Therefore (the peng ascended to) the height of 90,000 li, and there was such a mass of wind beneath it; thenceforth the accumulation of wind was sufficient. As it seemed to bear the blue sky on its back, and there was nothing to obstruct or arrest its course, it could pursue its way to the South.
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嗯，这番评论可谓于我心有戚戚焉。不得不说，在网络上，确实存在太多不理智的网民，言论自由归自由，可太多不客观的负面批判看着也着实让人心累啊。
ng4 ，zhè fān pínglùn kěwèi yú wǒ xīnyǒuqīqīyān 。bùdébù shuō ，zài wǎngluò shàng ，quèshí cúnzài tài duō bùlǐzhì de wǎngmín ，yánlùnzìyóu guī zìyóu ，kě tài duō bù kèguān de fùmiàn pīpàn kàn zhe yě zhuóshí ràngrén xīn lèi ā 。
Yeah, I often have the same feeling. I must say, on the internet, there are a lot of irrational netizens. Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, but there are too many partial and negative judgements. It makes you tired just seeing it.
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也是有可能，但管他的，反正男神就是“只可远观，不可亵玩焉”的人啦！
yě shì yǒu kěnéng ，dàn guǎntāde ，fǎnzhèng nánshén jiùshì “zhī kě yuǎn guān ，bù kě xièwán yān ”de rén la ！
It's a possibility, but who cares. Anyway with Adonises like him we can admire them from afar but can't actually get close enough to touch them!
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孔夫子说的是“三人行，必有我师焉。” “焉”在古文里才有。
Kǒng fūzǐ shuō de shì “sān rén xíng ，bì yǒu wǒ shī yān 。” “yān ”zài gǔwén lǐ cái yǒu 。
Confucius said, ''Amongst three people walking, one can certainly be my teacher. "Yan'' is only used in classical Chinese.
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陈磊同学很仔细，注意到了这个“焉”字。哪位同学知道这个“焉”是什么意思？
Chén Lěi tóngxué hěn zǐxì ，zhùyì dào le zhè ge “yān ”zì 。nǎ wèi tóngxué zhīdào zhè ge “yān ”shì shénme yìsi ？
Chen Lei is very attentive, he noticed the ''yan" character. Which student knows the meaning of ''yan"?
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焉”是语气词，表示肯定语气。
yān ”shì yǔqìcí ，biǎoshì kěndìng yǔqì 。
''Yan" is a modal particle. It really expresses an affirmative tone.
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