缘
yuán
cause
reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
我们能成为朋友，真是一种缘分。
wǒ men néng chéng wéi péng you，zhēn shì yī zhǒng yuán fèn。
That we could become friends is truly a kind of fate.
他们两个人的缘分很深，总是在意想不到的地方相遇。
tā men liǎng gè rén de yuán fèn hěn shēn，zǒng shì zài yì xiǎng bù dào de dì fāng xiāng yù。
The predestined affinity between the two of them runs deep; they always meet in unexpected places.
Words with 缘
良缘
liáng yuán
good karma
亲缘
qīn yuán
blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
化缘
huà yuán
(of a monk) to beg
边缘化
biān yuán huà
to marginalize
远缘
yuǎn yuán
distantly related
边缘
biān yuán
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery
边缘人
biān yuán rén
marginalized people (not part of mainstream society)
边缘地区
biān yuán dì qū
border area
边缘性人格障碍
biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng ài
borderline personality disorder (BPD)
边缘系统
biān yuán xì tǒng
limbic system
镜花缘
jìng huā yuán
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]
随缘
suí yuán
to go with the flow; to accept things as they come