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焉知

yān zhī

2-character word

What 焉知 means

1. literaryhow is one to know?

The characters in 焉知

• 焉yānwhere; how
• 知zhīto know; to be aware

Words containing 焉知

• 塞翁失马焉知非福sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fúthe old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)…
• 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhìlit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)…

Sounds the same

Read yān zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胭脂rouge
• 腌汁marinade (sauce)
• 阏氏formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)