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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
不入虎穴，焉得虎子	不入虎穴，焉得虎子	[bu4 ru4 hu3 xue2 , yan1 de2 hu3 zi3]	/How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained./	6352	1
割雞焉用牛刀	割鸡焉用牛刀	[ge1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]	/lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)/fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter/also written 殺雞焉用牛刀\|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]/	4868	1
功莫大焉	功莫大焉	[gong1 mo4 da4 yan1]	/no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)/	1992	1
過而能改，善莫大焉	过而能改，善莫大焉	[guo4 er2 neng2 gai3 , shan4 mo4 da4 yan1]	/If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)/	5737	1
塞翁失馬安知非福	塞翁失马安知非福	[sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 an1 zhi1 fei1 fu2]	/the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise/it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good/also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福\|塞翁失马焉知非福/	5808	1
塞翁失馬焉知非福	塞翁失马焉知非福	[sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2]	/the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise/it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good/	5798	1
殺雞焉用牛刀	杀鸡焉用牛刀	[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]	/don't use a sledgehammer on a nut/aquila non capit muscam/	6197	1
心不在焉	心不在焉	[xin1 bu4 zai4 yan1]	/absent-minded/preoccupied/inattentive/with one's thoughts wandering/	6425	1
心神不屬	心神不属	[xin1 shen2 bu4 zhu3]	/see 心不在焉[xin1 bu4 zai4 yan1]/	5011	1
焉	焉	[yan1]	/where/how/	7120	1
焉耆盆地	焉耆盆地	[Yan1 qi2 pen2 di4]	/Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin/	6709	1
焉知	焉知	[yan1 zhi1]	/(literary) how is one to know?/	5087	1
焉耆	焉耆	[[Yan1qi2]]	/see 焉耆回族自治縣\|焉耆回族自治县[Yan1qi2 Hui2zu2 Zi4zhi4xian4]/	146	2
焉耆回族自治縣	焉耆回族自治县	[[Yan1qi2 Hui2zu2 Zi4zhi4xian4]]	/Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1yin1guo1leng2 Meng3gu3 Zi4zhi4zhou1], Xinjiang/	146	2
焉耆縣	焉耆县	[[Yan1qi2 Xian4]]	/see 焉耆回族自治縣\|焉耆回族自治县[Yan1qi2 Hui2zu2 Zi4zhi4xian4]/	146	2
燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志	燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志	[yan4 que4 yan1 zhi1 hong2 gu3 zhi1 zhi4]	/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?/	5797	1
異焉	异焉	[yi4 yan1]	/feeling surprised at sth/	6855	1
有子存焉	有子存焉	[you3 zi3 cun2 yan1]	/I still have sons, don't I?/fig. future generations will continue the work/	6051	1
於焉	于焉	[yu2 yan1]	/(classical) see 於是\|于是[yu2 shi4]/	5180	1
語焉不詳	语焉不详	[yu3 yan1 bu4 xiang2]	/to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details/	6352	1

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