pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
缘
緣
yuan2
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
strokes
12
radical
strokes after radical
9
边缘
邊緣
bian1 yuan2
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
边缘地区
邊緣地區
bian1 yuan2 di4 qu1
border area
边缘化
邊緣化
bian1 yuan2 hua4
to marginalize; marginalization
边缘人
邊緣人
bian1 yuan2 ren2
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)
边缘系统
邊緣系統
bian1 yuan2 xi4 tong3
limbic system
边缘性人格障碍
邊緣性人格障礙
bian1 yuan2 xing4 ren2 ge2 zhang4 ai4
borderline personality disorder (BPD)
地缘
地緣
di4 yuan2
geographic situation; geo-(politics etc)
地缘战略
地緣戰略
di4 yuan2 zhan4 lve4
geostrategic
地缘政治
地緣政治
di4 yuan2 zheng4 zhi4
geopolitics; geopolitical
地缘政治学
地緣政治學
di4 yuan2 zheng4 zhi4 xue2
geopolitics
广结良缘
廣結良緣
guang3 jie2 liang2 yuan2
to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
后缘
後緣
hou4 yuan2
trailing edge (of airplane wing)
化缘
化緣
hua4 yuan2
(of a monk) to beg
机缘
機緣
ji1 yuan2
chance; opportunity; destiny
结缘
結緣
jie2 yuan2
to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth)
镜花缘
鏡花緣
jing4 hua1 yuan2
Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍
绝缘
絕緣
jue2 yuan2
to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
绝缘体
絕緣體
jue2 yuan2 ti3
electrical insulation; heat insulation
良缘
良緣
liang2 yuan2
good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner
露水姻缘
露水姻緣
lu4 shui3 yin1 yuan2
casual romance; short-lived relationship
路缘
路緣
lu4 yuan2
curb
轮缘
輪緣
lun2 yuan2
rim; edge of wheel
募缘
募緣
mu4 yuan2
(of a monk) to beg for food
孽缘
孽緣
nie4 yuan2
ill-fated relationship
前世姻缘
前世姻緣
qian2 shi4 yin1 yuan2
a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
前缘未了
前緣未了
qian2 yuan2 wei4 liao3
one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
亲缘
親緣
qin1 yuan2
blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
亲缘关系
親緣關係
qin1 yuan2 guan1 xi4
phylogenetic relationship
情缘
情緣
qing2 yuan2
predestined love; love affinity
人缘
人緣
ren2 yuan2
relations with other people
人缘儿
人緣兒
ren2 yuan2 er5
erhua variant of 人緣|人缘
善缘
善緣
shan4 yuan2
good karma
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
守株待兔，緣木求魚
shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 - yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2
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
姻缘
姻緣
yin1 yuan2
a marriage predestined by fate
因缘
因緣
yin1 yuan2
chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
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
远缘
遠緣
yuan3 yuan2
distantly related; remote affinity