Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 焉


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Meaning

where, how

Pronunciation

yān

Explanation

Top: correct , bottom: vari of bird (without head)

Mnemonic

Is it correct, that the bird has no head: How? Where?

Radicals

correct(Radical 103 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct , because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.)
bird
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Vocabulary

心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
过而能改,善莫大焉 guò ér néng gǎi , shàn mò dà yān If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
语焉不详 yǔ yān bù xiáng to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
焉耆盆地 Yān qí pén dì Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin


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