[yān]
[代]
(跟介词“于”加代词“是”相当) here; herein
Her mind is elsewhere.; She is absent-minded.
她心不在焉。
There is no greater crime than this.
罪莫大焉。
(哪里; 怎么) how; why
How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?; Nothing venture, nothing have.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子?
How could I possibly not go?
焉能不去?
[副]
(乃; 才) then
and then take the boat
焉始乘舟
You have to know how the trouble arose before you can deal with it.
必知乱之所自起,焉能治之。
[名]
(姓氏) a surname
Yan Leng
焉棱