yān​dé

how can one

  • created sense approved 焉得 · yān​dé · how can one — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    焉得

    yān​dé

    how can one

    (literary) how can one possibly; how could it be that; used to express a rhetorical question in formal writing

    焉 (literal) → 焉 · yān · how 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to permit

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 焉得 · yān​dé · where can one find — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    焉得

    yān​dé

    where can one find

    (literary) where can one get; where to obtain

    焉 (literal) → 焉 · yān · where 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense