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邊緣地區 边缘地区 [bian1 yuan2 di4 qu1] /border area/ 6565 1
邊緣化 边缘化 [bian1 yuan2 hua4] /to marginalize/marginalization/ 6092 1
邊緣人 边缘人 [bian1 yuan2 ren2] /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)/ 5027 1
邊緣系統 边缘系统 [bian1 yuan2 xi4 tong3] /limbic system/ 3976 1
邊緣性人格障礙 边缘性人格障碍 [bian1 yuan2 xing4 ren2 ge2 zhang4 ai4] /borderline personality disorder (BPD)/ 4706 1
邊緣 边缘 [[bian1yuan2]] /edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery/marginal; borderline/ 846 2
地緣 地缘 [di4 yuan2] /geographic situation/geo-(politics etc)/ 3819 1
地緣戰略 地缘战略 [di4 yuan2 zhan4 lüe4] /geostrategic/ 6814 1
地緣政治 地缘政治 [di4 yuan2 zheng4 zhi4] /geopolitics/geopolitical/ 3897 1
地緣政治學 地缘政治学 [di4 yuan2 zheng4 zhi4 xue2] /geopolitics/ 6814 1
廣結良緣 广结良缘 [guang3 jie2 liang2 yuan2] /to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)/ 4929 1
後緣 后缘 [hou4 yuan2] /trailing edge (of airplane wing)/ 6404 1
化緣 化缘 [hua4 yuan2] /(of a monk) to beg/ 5746 1
機緣 机缘 [ji1 yuan2] /chance/opportunity/destiny/ 6880 1
結緣 结缘 [jie2 yuan2] /to form ties/to become attached (to sb, sth)/ 4942 1
鏡花緣 镜花缘 [Jing4 hua1 Yuan2] /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]/ 5127 1
絕緣 绝缘 [jue2 yuan2] /to have no contact with/to be cut off from/(electricity) to insulate/ 3994 1
絕緣體 绝缘体 [jue2 yuan2 ti3] /electrical insulation/heat insulation/ 6897 1
李汝珍 李汝珍 [Li3 Ru3 zhen1] /Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror/ 6045 1
良緣 良缘 [liang2 yuan2] /good karma/opportune connection with marriage partner/ 6650 1
露水姻緣 露水姻缘 [lu4 shui3 yin1 yuan2] /casual romance/short-lived relationship/ 4188 1
路緣 路缘 [lu4 yuan2] /curb/ 6140 1
輪緣 轮缘 [lun2 yuan2] /rim/edge of wheel/ 6520 1
募緣 募缘 [mu4 yuan2] /(of a monk) to beg for food/ 5319 1
孽緣 孽缘 [nie4 yuan2] /ill-fated relationship/ 6103 1
攀緣 攀缘 [[pan1yuan2]] /to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)/ 820 2
前世姻緣 前世姻缘 [qian2 shi4 yin1 yuan2] /a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)/ 6101 1
前緣未了 前缘未了 [qian2 yuan2 wei4 liao3] /one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)/ 4929 1
親緣關係 亲缘关系 [qin1 yuan2 guan1 xi4] /phylogenetic relationship/ 3698 1
親緣 亲缘 [[qin1yuan2]] /blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity/ 799 2
情緣 情缘 [qing2 yuan2] /predestined love/love affinity/ 5569 1
人緣 人缘 [[ren2yuan2]] /the quality of one's relationships with other people (e.g. 人緣好|人缘好[ren2yuan2 hao3] "to be well liked")/ 27 2
人緣兒 人缘儿 [[ren2yuan2r5]] /erhua form of 人緣|人缘[ren2yuan2]/ 24 2
善緣 善缘 [shan4 yuan2] /good karma/ 6152 1
守株待兔,緣木求魚 守株待兔,缘木求鱼 [shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2] /to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action/ 5323 1
守株緣木 守株缘木 [shou3 zhu1 yuan2 mu4] /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]/ 5323 1
宿緣 宿缘 [su4 yuan2] /(Buddhism) predestined relationship/ 3504 1
隨緣 随缘 [[sui2yuan2]] /to go with the flow; to accept things as they come/ 413 2
投緣 投缘 [tou2 yuan2] /to be kindred spirits/to hit it off/ 5629 1
凸緣 凸缘 [tu1 yuan2] /flange/ 6703 1
無緣 无缘 [wu2 yuan2] /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/ 6905 1
無緣無故 无缘无故 [[wu2yuan2-wu2gu4]] /(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for/ 611 2
喜結良緣 喜结良缘 [[xi3jie2-liang2yuan2]] /(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union/ 632 2
血緣 血缘 [xue4 yuan2] /bloodline/ 7108 1
血緣關係 血缘关系 [[xue4yuan2 guan1xi4]] /blood relationship; consanguinity/ 951 2
姻緣 姻缘 [yin1 yuan2] /a marriage predestined by fate/ 6101 1
因緣 因缘 [yin1 yuan2] /chance/opportunity/predestined relationship/(Buddhist) principal and secondary causes/chain of cause and effect/ 7108 1
夤緣 夤缘 [yin2 yuan2] /to curry favor/to advance one's career by toadying/ 3817 1
夤緣攀附 夤缘攀附 [yin2 yuan2 pan1 fu4] /to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor/social climbing/ 6340 1
有緣 有缘 [you3 yuan2] /related/brought together by fate/ 3534 1
有緣無分 有缘无分 [you3 yuan2 wu2 fen4] /destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom)/ 6141 1
[yuan2] /cause/reason/karma/fate/predestined affinity/margin/hem/edge/along/ 7108 1
緣分 缘分 [yuan2 fen4] /fate or chance that brings people together/predestined affinity or relationship/(Budd.) destiny/ 6674 1
原故 原故 [yuan2 gu4] /variant of 緣故|缘故[yuan2 gu4]/ 4855 1
緣故 缘故 [yuan2 gu4] /reason/cause/ 7108 1
緣木求魚 缘木求鱼 [yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2] /lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible/ 6230 1
緣飾 缘饰 [yuan2 shi4] /fringe/ 7108 1
緣由 缘由 [yuan2 you2] /reason/cause/ 7108 1
原由 原由 [yuan2 you2] /variant of 緣由|缘由[yuan2 you2]/ 4855 1
緣於 缘于 [yuan2 yu2] /to originate from/to come from the fact that/owing to/because of/ 4412 1
緣何 缘何 [[yuan2he2]] /(literary) why?; for what reason?/ 364 2
緣起 缘起 [[yuan2qi3]] /to originate/origin; genesis/account of the origins of an endeavor/ 839 2
遠緣 远缘 [yuan3 yuan2] /distantly related/remote affinity/ 6973 1

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