夤缘

Traditional form:

夤緣

Pinyin (reading):

yínyuán

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 夤 - late at night; distant, remote; deep
• 缘 - reason, cause; fate; margin, hem

Traditional characters:

• 夤 - late at night; distant, remote; deep
• 緣 - reason, cause; fate; margin, hem