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焉

yān

1. pronoun how; where; herein (classical)

   成语"不入虎穴，焉得虎子"里的"焉"是"哪里"的意思。

   Chéngyǔ "bù rù hǔxué, yān dé hǔzǐ" lǐ de "yān" shì "nǎlǐ" de yìsi.

   In the idiom "how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den," 焉 means "how/where."

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