Character
| HSK | 6 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 1274th character |
| RADICAL | ⽷ (120.9) |
| STROKES | 12 |
| INDEX # | 2824 |
| TRADITIONAL | 緣 |
hem, margin; reason, cause; fate
HSK 6
#1274
DEFINITIONS
- hem, margin
- reason, cause
- fate
- cause
- reason
- karma
- fate
- predestined affinity
- margin
- hem
- edge
- along
STROKES
WORDS
| 凸缘 tū yuán | flange |
| 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) |
| 募缘 mù yuán | (of a monk) to beg for food |
| 化缘 huà yuán | (of a monk) to beg |
| 善缘 shàn yuán | good karma |
| 地缘战略 dì yuán zhàn lüè | geostrategic |
| 地缘政治 dì yuán zhèng zhì | geopolitics; geopolitical |
| 地缘政治学 dì yuán zhèng zhì xué | geopolitics |
| 夤缘 yín yuán | to curry favor; to advance one's career by toadying |
| 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 |
| 孽缘 niè yuán | ill-fated relationship |
| 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 |
| 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] |
| 宿缘 sù yuán | (Buddhism) predestined relationship |
| 广结良缘 guǎng jié liáng yuán | to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom) |
| 有缘 yǒu yuán | related; brought together by fate |
| 有缘无分 yǒu yuán wú fèn | destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom) |
| 缘木求鱼 yuán mù qiú yú | lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible |
| 缘饰 yuán shì | fringe |
| 血缘关系 xuè yuán guān xì | blood relationship; consanguinity |
| 亲缘关系 qīn yuán guān xì | phylogenetic relationship |
| 路缘 lù yuán | curb |
| 轮缘 lún yuán | rim; edge of wheel |
| 远缘 yuǎn yuán | distantly related; remote affinity |