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)
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
守株缘木守株緣木shou3 zhu1 yuan2 mu4
abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼
宿缘宿緣su4 yuan2
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
投缘投緣tou2 yuan2
to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
凸缘凸緣tu1 yuan2
flange
无缘無緣wu2 yuan2
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
无缘无故無緣無故wu2 yuan2 wu2 gu4
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
血缘血緣xue4 yuan2
bloodline
血缘关系血緣關係xue4 yuan2 guan1 xi4
blood relationship; consanguinity
因缘因緣yin1 yuan2
chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
姻缘姻緣yin1 yuan2
a marriage predestined by fate
夤缘夤緣yin2 yuan2
to curry favor; to advance one's career by toadying
夤缘攀附夤緣攀附yin2 yuan2 pan1 fu4
to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor; social climbing
有缘有緣you3 yuan2
related; brought together by fate
有缘无分有緣無分you3 yuan2 wu2 fen4
destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom)
缘分緣分yuan2 fen4
fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny
缘故緣故yuan2 gu4
reason; cause
缘何緣何yuan2 he2
why?; for what reason?
缘木求鱼緣木求魚yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
缘起緣起yuan2 qi3
origin
缘饰緣飾yuan2 shi4
fringe
缘由緣由yuan2 you2
reason; cause
缘于緣於yuan2 yu2
to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of