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edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery / marginal; borderline
HSK 6
to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate
HSK 7-9
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
HSK 7-9
bloodline
HSK 7-9
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cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
related / brought together by fate
a marriage predestined by fate
geographic situation / geo-(politics etc)
to form ties / to become attached (to sb, sth)
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
good karma
relations with other people
chance / opportunity / destiny
ill-fated relationship
blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
flange
good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner
trailing edge (of airplane wing)
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
to curry favor / to advance one's career by toadying
casual romance / short-lived relationship
a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
(of a monk) to beg for food
Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍
to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union
rim / edge of wheel
distantly related / remote affinity
(of a monk) to beg
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
predestined love / love affinity
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