"缘" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 缘 |  yuán | cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 缘故 | yuán gù | reason / cause | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘分 | yuán fèn | fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘份 | yuán fèn | also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘何 | yuán hé | why? / for what reason? | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘由 | yuán yóu | reason / cause | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘起 | yuán qǐ | to originate / origin / genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘于 | yuán yú | to originate from / to come from the fact that / owing to / because of | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘饰 | yuán shì | fringe | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘木求鱼 | yuán mù qiú yú | lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 缘发式子弹 | rimfire cartridge | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 边缘 | biān yuán | edge / fringe / verge / brink / periphery / marginal / borderline | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 情缘 | qíng yuán | predestined love / love affinity | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 无缘 | wú yuán | 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 有缘 | yǒu yuán | related / brought together by fate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 绝缘 | jué yuán | to have no contact with / to be cut off from / (electricity) to insulate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 姻缘 | yīn yuán | a marriage predestined by fate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 因缘 | yīn yuán | chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 机缘 | jī yuán | chance / opportunity / destiny | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 血缘 | xuè yuán | bloodline | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 人缘 | rén yuán | relations with other people | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 地缘 | dì yuán | geographic situation / geo-(politics etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 结缘 | jié yuán | to form ties / to become attached (to sb, sth) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 投缘 | tóu yuán | to be kindred spirits / to hit it off | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 良缘 | liáng yuán | good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 化缘 | huà yuán | (of a monk) to beg | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 亲缘 | qīn yuán | blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 凸缘 | tū yuán | flange | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 冰缘 | bīng yuán | ice edge | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 后缘 | hòu yuán | trailing edge (of airplane wing) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 轮缘 | lún yuán | rim / edge of wheel | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 路缘 | lù yuán | curb | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 募缘 | mù yuán | (of a monk) to beg for food | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 孽缘 | niè yuán | ill-fated relationship | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 攀缘 | pān yuán | to climb up (a rope etc) / climbing (plant) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 善缘 | shàn yuán | good karma | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 宿缘 | sù yuán | (Buddhism) predestined relationship | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 夤缘 | yín yuán | to curry favor / to advance one's career by toadying | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 远缘 | yuǎn yuán | distantly related / remote affinity | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 边缘人 | biān yuán rén | 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) | |
| 绝缘体 | jué yuán tǐ | electrical insulation / heat insulation | |
| 近缘种 | allied species | | |
| 边缘海 | marginal sea / marginal basin | | |
| 边缘化 | biān yuán huà | to marginalize / marginalization | |
| 镜花缘 | Jìng huā Yuán | Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍[Li3 Ru3 zhen1] | |
| 人缘儿 | rén yuán r | erhua variant of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2] | |
| 无缘无故 | wú yuán wú gù | no cause, no reason (idiom) / completely uncalled for | |
| 血缘关系 | xuè yuán guān xì | blood relationship / consanguinity | |
| 广结良缘 | guǎng jié liáng yuán | to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom) | |
| 夤缘攀附 | yín yuán pān fù | to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing | |
| 边缘土地 | marginal lands | | |
| 边缘效应 | edge effect | | |
| 大陆边缘 | continental margin | | |
| 陆架边缘 | shelf edge / shelf break | | |
| 真空绝缘 | vacuum insulation | | |
| 测区外缘 | survey outline | | |
| 边缘盆地 | marginal sea / marginal basin | | |
| 边缘工人 | marginal worker | | |
| 边缘劳工 | marginal worker | | |
| 误差边缘 | margin of error | | |
| 边缘城市 | bian yuán chéng shì | edge city | |
| 边缘地区 | biān yuán dì qū | border area | |
| 边缘群体 | biān yuán qún tǐ | marginalized group | |
| 边缘生境 | bian yuán shēng jìng | edge habitat | |
| 边缘系统 | biān yuán xì tǒng | limbic system | |
| 边缘政策 | bian yuán zhèng cè | brinkmanship | |
| 地缘战略 | dì yuán zhàn lu:è | geostrategic | |
| 地缘政治 | dì yuán zhèng zhì | geopolitics / geopolitical | |
| 海洋边缘 | hǎi yáng bian yuán | coastal ocean / coastal sea | |
| 坚冰边缘 | jiān bīng bian yuán | fast-ice edge | |
| 露水姻缘 | lù shuǐ yīn yuán | casual romance / short-lived relationship | |
| 毛管边缘 | máo guǎn bian yuán | capillary fringe | |
| 攀缘植物 | pān yuán zhí wù | climber | |
| 前世姻缘 | qián shì yīn yuán | a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) | |
| 前缘未了 | qián yuán wèi liǎo | one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom) | |
| 亲缘关系 | qīn yuán guān xì | phylogenetic relationship | |
| 沙漠边缘 | shā mò bian yuán | desert margin | |
| 守株缘木 | shǒu zhū yuán mù | abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼[shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2] | |
| 无缘无故 | wú yuán - wú gù | (idiom) no cause or reason / completely uncalled for | |
| 喜结良缘 | xǐ jié - liáng yuán | (idiom) to get happily married / to form an auspicious union | |
| 沿岸边缘 | yàn àn bian yuán | coastal margins | |
| 有缘无分 | yǒu yuán wú fèn | destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom) | |
| 凸缘式弹壳 | rimmed cartridge case / flanged cartridge | | |
| 大陆边缘地 | continental borderland / borderland | | |
| 大陆边外缘 | outer edge of the continental margin | | |
| 社会边缘化 | social marginalization | | |
| 边缘化农民 | bian yuán huà nóng mín | marginal farmer | |
| 地缘政治学 | dì yuán zhèng zhì xué | geopolitics | |
| 沙漠边缘方案 | shā mò bian yuán fāng àn | Desert Margins Programme | |
| 北方边缘区计划 | Northern Periphery Programme | | |
| 边缘性人格障碍 | biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng ài | borderline personality disorder (BPD) | |
| 微波边缘探测法 | wēi bō bian yuán tàn cè fǎ | Microwave Limb Sounding | |
| 地缘政治情况介绍 | geopolitical briefing | | |
| 大陆边缘宽的国家 | wide-margin States | | |
| 保护水体边缘运动 | bǎo hù shuǐ tǐ bian yuán yùn dòng | Campaign for the Conservation of the Water's Edge | |
| 大陆架边缘重力异常 | edge effect anomaly | | |
| 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 | shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action | |
| 福克兰外缘养护和管理区 | Falkland Outer Conservation and Management Zone | | |
| 欧洲绝缘材料制造商协会 | European Insulation Manufacturers Association | | |
| 边缘地区小麦品种的发展 | Development of Wheat Varieties for Marginal Areas | | |
| 南极冰缘区海洋生态系统研究 | nán jí bīng yuán qū hǎi yáng shēng tài xì tǒng yán jiū | Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Research at the Ice Edge Zone | |
| 欧洲海域边缘生态系统研究热点 | ōu zhōu hǎi yù bian yuán shēng tài xì tǒng yán jiū rè diǎn | Hot spot Ecosystems Research on the Margins of the European Seas | |
| 气候变化- 北方边缘区社区适应影响项目 | Climate Change - Adapting to the Impacts, by Communities in Northern Peripheral Regions | |
