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一火(MF)
Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄧㄢ yān
Cantonesejin1
- Meaning
- thereupon, then; how? why? where?
- Kangxi Radical
- 火 · 11 strokes
Common words
- 心不在焉xīn bù zài yānabsent-minded; preoccupied
- 語焉不詳yǔ yān bù xiángto mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
- 功莫大焉gōng mò dà yānno greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
- 殺雞焉用牛刀shā jī yān yòng niú dāodon't use a sledgehammer on a nut; aquila non capit muscam
- 焉知yān zhī(literary) how is one to know?
- 於焉yú yān(classical) see 於是|于是[yu2 shi4]
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