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Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
reason / cause
HSK 6
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
fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny
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
erhua variant of 人緣|人缘
HSK 7-9
reason / cause
curb
to be kindred spirits / to hit it off
destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom)
blood relationship; consanguinity
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緣* | 緣* | *緣
cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along
to go with the flow; to accept things as they come
to originate / origin; genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor
chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect
to curry favor / to advance one's career by toadying
related / brought together by fate
a marriage predestined by fate
geographic situation / geo-(politics etc)
to form ties / to become attached (to sb, sth)
good karma
relations with other people
chance / opportunity / destiny
(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
why? / for what reason?
blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
trailing edge (of airplane wing)
fringe
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
electrical insulation / heat insulation
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)
to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing
geopolitics / geopolitical
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)
border area
to marginalize / marginalization
(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union
borderline personality disorder (BPD)
rim / edge of wheel
limbic system
geostrategic
distantly related / remote affinity
flange
one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
(of a monk) to beg
geopolitics
ill-fated relationship
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
predestined love / love affinity
to originate from / to come from the fact that / owing to / because of
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner
phylogenetic relationship
casual romance / short-lived relationship


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