35 results for *缘

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  1. edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

    trad. 邊緣

Also written 邊緣【biān yuán】

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有缘yǒu yuán

related; brought together by fate

yuán

cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along

无缘wú yuán

to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc

血缘xuè yuán

bloodline

姻缘yīn yuán

a marriage predestined by fate

亲缘qīn yuán

blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity

人缘rén yuán

the quality of one's relationships with other people (e.g. 人緣好|人缘好[ren2 yuan2 hao3] "to be well liked")

凸缘tū yuán

flange

募缘mù yuán

(of a monk) to beg for food

化缘huà yuán

(of a monk) to beg

后缘hòu yuán

trailing edge (of airplane wing)

善缘shàn yuán

good karma

因缘yīn yuán

chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect

地缘dì yuán

geographic situation; geo-(politics etc)

夤缘yín yuán

to curry favor; to advance one's career by toadying

孽缘niè yuán

ill-fated relationship

宿缘sù yuán

(Buddhism) predestined relationship

情缘qíng yuán

predestined love; love affinity

投缘tóu yuán

to be kindred spirits; to hit it off

攀缘pān yuán

to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)

机缘jī yuán

chance; opportunity; destiny

结缘jié yuán

to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth)

绝缘jué yuán

to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate

良缘liáng yuán

good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner

路缘lù yuán

curb

轮缘lún yuán

rim; edge of wheel

远缘yuǎn yuán

distantly related; remote affinity

随缘suí yuán

to go with the flow; to accept things as they come

镜花缘Jìng huā Yuán

Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍[Li3 Ru3 zhen1]

一面之缘yī miàn zhī yuán

(idiom) one-time encounter (e.g. 有一面之緣|有一面之缘[you3 yi1 mian4 zhi1 yuan2] "to have met once before")

前世姻缘qián shì yīn yuán

a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)

喜结良缘xǐ jié liáng yuán

(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union

广结良缘guǎng jié liáng yuán

to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)

露水姻缘lù shuǐ yīn yuán

casual romance; short-lived relationship