缘 (緣) yuán

1. yuán noun fate; predestined affinity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: (Guoyu '緣' n 4; Unihan '緣')
2. yuán noun hem
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 衣服的花边 (Guoyu '緣' n 1; Unihan '緣')
3. yuán verb to revolve around
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 围绕 (Guoyu '緣' v 2)
4. yuán preposition because
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 因为 (Guoyu '緣' prep)
5. yuán verb to climb up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 攀爬 (Guoyu '緣' v 1)
6. yuán noun cause; origin; reason
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 原因 (Guoyu '緣' n 3)
7. yuán verb along; to follow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 沿 or 循 (Guoyu '緣' v 3)
8. yuán verb to depend on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 攀爬 (Guoyu '緣' v 4)
9. yuán noun margin; edge; rim
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 边沿 (Guoyu '緣' n 2; Unihan '緣')

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• 投缘(投緣) to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
• 后缘(後緣) trailing edge (of airplane wing)
• 缘木求鱼(緣木求魚) climbing a tree to catch a fish
• 血缘关系(血緣關係) a blood relation
• 地缘政治(地緣政治) geopolitics; geopolitical
• 前缘未了(前緣未了) one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled
• 周缘(周緣) periphery; edge; fringe
• 天假因缘(天假因緣) the destiny granted by Heaven
• 地缘(地緣) regional
• 绝缘器(絕緣器) an electrical insulator; a heat insulator
• 亲缘关系(親緣關係) phylogenetic relationship
• 边缘化(邊緣化) to marginalize; marginalization
• 广结良缘(廣結良緣) to earn people's praise through one's good deeds
• 绝缘(絕緣) to isolate; to prevent contact
• 叶缘(葉緣) leaf edge
• 边缘系统(邊緣系統) limbic system
• 亲缘(親緣) blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
• 广结善缘(廣結善緣) to make friends all around
• 远缘(遠緣) distantly related; remote affinity
• 露水姻缘(露水姻緣) casual romance; short-lived relationship
• 情缘(情緣) predestined love; love affinity
• 剃刀边缘(剃刀邊緣) a razor's edge
• 天付良缘(天付良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
• 无缘无故(無緣無故) no cause, no reason; completely uncalled for
• 因缘(因緣) chance ; destiny ; according to this
• 有缘无分(有緣無分) destined to meet but not fated to be together
• 绝缘体(絕緣體) electrical insulation; heat insulation
• 缘何(緣何) why?; for what reason?
• 地缘政治学(地緣政治學) geopolitics
• 缘分(緣分) fate; destiny that ties people together
• 募缘(募緣) (of a monk) to beg for food
• 凸缘(凸緣) flange
• 边缘(邊緣) edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
• 无缘(無緣) to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition)
• 缘饰(緣飾) a fringe; a border
• 良缘(良緣) good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner
• 攀缘(攀緣) to climb; to pull
• 简缘(簡緣) few desires
• 不解之缘(不解之緣) destiny that cannot be avoided
• 家缘(家緣) family wealth
• 天假良缘(天假良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
• 孽缘(孽緣) ill-fated relationship
• 前世姻缘(前世姻緣) a marriage predestined in a former life
• 守株待兔，缘木求鱼(守株待兔，緣木求魚) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish
• 夤缘(夤緣) to curry favor; to advance one's career by toadying
• 天假之缘(天假之緣) the destiny granted by Heaven
• 边缘性人格障碍(邊緣性人格障礙) borderline personality disorder (BPD)
• 缘由(緣由) the reason; the cause
• 人缘(人緣) relations with people; popularity
• 奇缘(奇緣) a unique destiny

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• 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 33
• 卷六十六 志第四十二 輿服二 Volume 66 Treatises 42: Carriages and Clothing 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 25
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 17
• 卷一百九十三 志第一百四十六 兵七 Volume 193 Treatises 146: Military 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• 卷九十 烏桓鮮卑列傳 Volume 90: Treatise on the Wuhuan, Xianbei Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 11
• 卷一百八十六 志第一百三十九 食貨下八 Volume 186 Treatises 139: Finance and Economics 2h History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
• 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10
• 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 10
• 卷一百九十一 志第一百四十四 兵五 Volume 191 Treatises 144: Military 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 9

Collocations

• 缘陵 (緣陵) 諸侯城緣陵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 10
• 城缘 (城緣) 諸侯城緣陵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 缘木 (緣木) 猶緣木而求魚也 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 4
• 缘人情 (緣人情) 古聖人緣人情 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷二十 反質 Chapter 20: Returning to Simplicity — count: 4
• 縓缘 (縓緣) 縓緣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 4
• 上缘 (上緣) 故上緣黃帝之道而行之 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 9 — count: 3
• 缘理 (緣理) 緣理而動 — Guanzi 管子, 心術上第三十六 Chapter 36: Scheming I — count: 3
• 缘衣 (緣衣) 緣衣 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
• 缘恩 (緣恩) 緣恩疾者可也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 缘边 (緣邊) 緣邊亦各堅守以備胡寇 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 2