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

feeling surprised at sth

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