Read Edit View history 焉知 yānzhī how can one know Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 焉知 yānzhī how can one know (literary) used in rhetorical questions to mean "how could anyone know" or "who's to say"; often used in the idiom 塞翁失马，焉知非福 sàiwēngshīmǎyānzhīfēifú Cross-References See 塞翁失马，焉知非福 sàiwēngshīmǎyānzhīfēifúSynonym 怎知 zěnzhī安知 ānzhī
焉知 yānzhī how can one know (literary) used in rhetorical questions to mean "how could anyone know" or "who's to say"; often used in the idiom 塞翁失马，焉知非福 sàiwēngshīmǎyānzhīfēifú Cross-References See 塞翁失马，焉知非福 sàiwēngshīmǎyānzhīfēifúSynonym 怎知 zěnzhī安知 ānzhī