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


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