Usage of the character 緣
yuán
缘
[緣]
- cause
- reason
- karma
- fate
- predestined affinity
- margin
- hem
- edge
- along
yuánshì
缘饰
[緣飾]
- fringe
liángyuán
良缘
[良緣]
- good karma
- opportune connection with marriage partner
sùyuán
宿缘
[宿緣]
- (Buddhism) predestined relationship
yǒuyuán
有缘
[有緣]
- related
- brought together by fate
juéyuán
绝缘
[絕緣]
- to have no contact with
- to be cut off from
- (electricity) to insulate
qīnyuán
亲缘
[親緣]
- blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
tūyuán
凸缘
[凸緣]
- flange
yīnyuán
因缘
[因緣]
- chance
- opportunity
- predestined relationship
- (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes
- chain of cause and effect
lúnyuán
轮缘
[輪緣]
- rim
- edge of wheel
wúyuán
无缘
[無緣]
- 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
yuǎnyuán
远缘
[遠緣]
- distantly related
- remote affinity
xuèyuán
血缘
[血緣]
- bloodline
yuánhé
缘何
[緣何]
- why?
- for what reason?
huàyuán
化缘
[化緣]
- (of a monk) to beg
yuányú
缘于
[緣於]
- to originate from
- to come from the fact that
- owing to
- because of
yínyuán
夤缘
[夤緣]
- to curry favor
- to advance one's career by toadying
qíngyuán
情缘
[情緣]
- predestined love
- love affinity
nièyuán
孽缘
[孽緣]
- ill-fated relationship
dìyuán
地缘
[地緣]
- geographic situation
- geo-(politics etc)
jiéyuán
结缘
[結緣]
- to form ties
- to become attached (to sb, sth)
yuánfèn
缘分
[緣分]
- fate or chance that brings people together
- predestined affinity or relationship
- (Budd.) destiny
shànyuán
善缘
[善緣]
- good karma
yuángù
缘故
[緣故]
- reason
- cause
yīnyuán
姻缘
[姻緣]
- a marriage predestined by fate
yuányóu
缘由
[緣由]
- reason
- cause
lùyuán
路缘
[路緣]
- curb
biānyuán
边缘
[邊緣]
- edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
- marginal; borderline
tóuyuán
投缘
[投緣]
- to be kindred spirits
- to hit it off
jīyuán
机缘
[機緣]
- chance
- opportunity
- destiny
yuánqǐ
缘起
[緣起]
- to originate
- origin; genesis
- account of the origins of an endeavor
mùyuán
募缘
[募緣]
- (of a monk) to beg for food
pānyuán
攀缘
[攀緣]
- to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
hòuyuán
后缘
[後緣]
- trailing edge (of airplane wing)
rényuán
人缘
[人緣]
- relations with other people
biānyuánhuà
边缘化
[邊緣化]
- to marginalize
- marginalization
rényuánr
人缘儿
[人緣兒]
- erhua variant of 人緣／人缘 (rényuán)
juéyuántǐ
绝缘体
[絕緣體]
- electrical insulation
- heat insulation
biānyuánrén
边缘人
[邊緣人]
- marginalized people (not part of mainstream society)
- marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
Jìnghuā Yuán
镜花缘
[鏡花緣]
- Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍 ( Lǐ Rǔzhēn)
xuèyuánguānxì
血缘关系
[血緣關係]
- blood relationship; consanguinity
qiánshìyīnyuán
前世姻缘
[前世姻緣]
- a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
shǒuzhūyuánmù
守株缘木
[守株緣木]
- abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚／守株待兔，缘木求鱼 (shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú)
qiányuánwèiliǎo
前缘未了
[前緣未了]
- one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
dìyuánzhànlüè
地缘战略
[地緣戰略]
- geostrategic
lùshuǐyīnyuán
露水姻缘
[露水姻緣]
- casual romance
- short-lived relationship
biānyuándìqū
边缘地区
[邊緣地區]
- border area
qīnyuánguānxì
亲缘关系
[親緣關係]
- phylogenetic relationship
dìyuánzhèngzhì
地缘政治
[地緣政治]
- geopolitics
- geopolitical
yuánmùqiúyú
缘木求鱼
[緣木求魚]
- lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
yǒuyuánwúfèn
有缘无分
[有緣無分]
- destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom)
yínyuánpānfù
夤缘攀附
[夤緣攀附]
- to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor
- social climbing
wúyuánwúgù
无缘无故
[無緣無故]
- no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
biānyuánxìtǒng
边缘系统
[邊緣系統]
- limbic system
guǎngjiéliángyuán
广结良缘
[廣結良緣]
- to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
dìyuánzhèngzhìxué
地缘政治学
[地緣政治學]
- geopolitics
biānyuánxìngréngézhàng'ài
边缘性人格障碍
[邊緣性人格障礙]
- borderline personality disorder (BPD)
shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
[守株待兔，緣木求魚]
- to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action