不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger's cub?
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Example sentences
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
塞翁失马，焉知非福。
A blessing in disguise (literally: How could the old man on the frontier know the horse's loss wasn't a blessing?).
孔子曰：「三人行，必有我師焉。」
Confucius said: 'When three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher.'
塞翁失馬，焉知非福，我們不應該因為一時的挫折而灰心。
A blessing in disguise; we should not be discouraged by temporary setbacks.
俗話說「不入虎穴，焉得虎子」，我們必須冒險一試。
As the saying goes, "nothing ventured, nothing gained," we must take a risk.
Usage Notes
A classical Chinese particle with various functions, including acting as an interrogative (how/where) or as a formal suffix.
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