焉

where / how

absent-minded / preoccupied / inattentive / with one's thoughts wandering

lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]

no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)

the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

(classical) see 於是|于是[yu2 shi4]

I still have sons, don't I? / fig. future generations will continue the work

don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam

(literary) how is one to know?

Yanqi county in Xinjiang

How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.