缘 (緣) yuán
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yuán
noun
fate; predestined affinity
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: (Guoyu '緣' n 4; Unihan '緣') -
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') -
yuán
verb
to revolve around
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 围绕 (Guoyu '緣' v 2) -
yuán
preposition
because
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 因为 (Guoyu '緣' prep) -
yuán
verb
to climb up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 攀爬 (Guoyu '緣' v 1) -
yuán
noun
cause; origin; reason
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 原因 (Guoyu '緣' n 3) -
yuán
verb
along; to follow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 沿 or 循 (Guoyu '緣' v 3) -
yuán
verb
to depend on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 攀爬 (Guoyu '緣' v 4) -
yuán
noun
margin; edge; rim
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 边沿 (Guoyu '緣' n 2; Unihan '緣')
Contained in
- 边缘人(邊緣人) marginalized people
- 亲缘关系(親緣關係) phylogenetic relationship
- 情缘(情緣) predestined love; love affinity
- 夤缘攀附(夤緣攀附) to cling to the rich and powerful; to advance one's career by currying favor; social climbing
- 夤缘(夤緣) to curry favor; to advance one's career by toadying
- 边缘性人格障碍(邊緣性人格障礙) borderline personality disorder (BPD)
- 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
- 天假良缘(天假良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
- 简缘(簡緣) few desires
- 缘故(緣故) reason; cause ; accident
- 远缘(遠緣) distantly related; remote affinity
- 投缘(投緣) to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
- 家缘(家緣) family wealth
- 绝缘体(絕緣體) electrical insulation; heat insulation
- 家缘家计(家緣家計) family wealth and livelihood
- 地缘战略(地緣戰略) geostrategic
- 良缘(良緣) good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner
- 绝缘器(絕緣器) an electrical insulator; a heat insulator
- 边缘化(邊緣化) to marginalize; marginalization
- 血缘关系(血緣關係) a blood relation
- 因缘(因緣) chance ; destiny ; according to this
- 绝缘(絕緣) to isolate; to prevent contact
- 边缘(邊緣) edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
- 地缘(地緣) regional
- 攀缘(攀緣) to climb; to pull
- 缘饰(緣飾) a fringe; a border
- 姻缘(姻緣) a marriage predestined by fate
- 缘于(緣於) to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of
- 凸缘(凸緣) flange
- 缘由(緣由) the reason; the cause
- 天付良缘(天付良緣) the good destiny granted by Heaven
- 有缘无分(有緣無分) destined to meet but not fated to be together
- 天假之缘(天假之緣) the destiny granted by Heaven
- 机缘(機緣) a chance and opportunity; destiny
- 奇缘(奇緣) a unique destiny
- 血缘(血緣) bloodline
- 广结善缘(廣結善緣) to make friends all around
- 周缘(周緣) periphery; edge; fringe
- 守株缘木(守株緣木) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish
- 后缘(後緣) trailing edge (of airplane wing)
- 前世姻缘(前世姻緣) a marriage predestined in a former life
- 缘木求鱼(緣木求魚) climbing a tree to catch a fish
- 募缘(募緣) (of a monk) to beg for food
- 无缘(無緣) to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition)
Also contained in
边缘地区 、 金玉缘 、 镜花缘 、 醒世姻缘传 、 恶姻缘 、 十因缘 、 诸缘
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷二十五 志第十五 輿服 Volume 25 Treatises 15: Travel and Dress Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 10
- 卷一百五十一 志第一百〇四 輿服三 Volume 151 Treatises 104: Carriages and Clothes 3 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: 5
- 縓缘 (縓緣) 縓緣 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 4
- 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
- 上缘 (上緣) 故上緣黃帝之道而行之 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 9 — 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
- 缘南 (緣南) 遊食之民轉而緣南畝 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 2