缘 - yuán - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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

有緣

yǒu yuán

fated; brought together by fate; (be) predestined; same karma; have a bond; have an affinity; related; marginated

機緣

jī yuán

chance; opportunity; destiny

結緣

jié yuán

to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth)

絕緣

jué yuán

to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate

良緣

liáng yuán

good karma; opportune connection with marriage partner

bloodline

curb

rim; edge of wheel

edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

遠緣

yuǎn yuán

distantly related; remote affinity

絕緣體

jué yuán tǐ

electrical insulation; heat insulation

邊緣人

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)

邊緣化

biān yuán huà

to marginalize; marginalization

family relation

geostrategic

geopolitics; geopolitical

守株緣木

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]

血緣關係

xuè yuán guān xì

blood relation; consanguinity

border area

limbic system

casual romance; short-lived relationship

地緣政治學

dì yuán zhèng zhì xué

geopolitics

邊緣性人格障礙

biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng ài

borderline personality disorder (BPD)

Idioms (7)

緣木求魚

yuán mù qiú yú

(lit.) climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible

前世姻緣

qián shì yīn yuán

a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)

前緣未了

qián yuán wèi liǎo

one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)

夤緣攀附

yín yuán pān fù

to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor; social climbing

廣結良緣

guǎng jié liáng yuán

to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)

無緣無故

wú yuán wú gù

it is without rhyme or reason; neither rhyme nor reason; no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled (for); for nothing (at all); for no reason (at all)

有緣無分

yǒu yuán wú fèn

destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom)

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