缘 ⇒
边缘 biānyuán, [邊緣], edge/fringe/verge/brink/periphery/marginal/borderline
缘故 yuángù, [緣故], reason/cause
缘 yuán, [緣], cause/reason/karma/fate/predestined affinity/margin/hem/edge/along
无缘无故 wúyuánwúgù, [無緣無故], no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
血缘 xuèyuán, [血緣], bloodline
缘由 yuányóu, [緣由], reason/cause
缘分 yuánfèn, [緣分], fate or chance that brings people together/predestined affinity or relationship/...
人缘 rényuán, [人緣], relations with other people
无缘 wúyuán, [無緣], to have no opportunity/no way (of doing sth)/no chance/no connection/not placed ...
投缘 tóuyuán, [投緣], to be kindred spirits/to hit it off
情缘 qíngyuán, [情緣], predestined love/love affinity
绝缘 juéyuán, [絕緣], to have no contact with/to be cut off from/(electricity) to insulate
机缘 jīyuán, [機緣], chance/opportunity/destiny
因缘 yīnyuán, [因緣], chance/opportunity/predestined relationship/(Buddhist) principal and secondary c...
姻缘 yīnyuán, [姻緣], a marriage predestined by fate
前缘 结缘 jiéyuán, [結緣], to form ties/to become attached (to sb, sth)
缘于 yuányú, [緣於], to originate from/to come from the fact that/owing to/because of
亲缘 qīnyuán, [親緣], blood relationship/genetic relationship/consanguinity
绝缘层 边缘科学 边缘化 biānyuánhuà, [邊緣化], to marginalize/marginalization
外缘 不解之缘 缘何 yuánhé, [緣何], why?/for what reason?
喜结良缘 边缘性 地缘 dìyuán, [地緣], geographic situation/geo-(politics etc)
缘起 yuánqǐ, [緣起], origin
绝缘体 juéyuántǐ, [絕緣體], electrical insulation/heat insulation
后缘 hòuyuán, [後緣], trailing edge (of airplane wing)
良缘 liángyuán, [良緣], good karma/opportune connection with marriage partner
夙缘 攀缘
故 ⇒
故事 gùshì/gùshi, old practice/CL:個|个[gè], narrative/story/tale
故意 gùyì, deliberately/on purpose
事故 shìgù, accident/CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
故障 gùzhàng, malfunction/breakdown/defect/shortcoming/fault/failure/impediment/error/bug (in ...
缘故 yuángù, [緣故], reason/cause
无缘无故 wúyuánwúgù, [無緣無故], no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
故乡 gùxiāng, [故鄉], home/homeland/native place/CL:個|个[gè]
故 gù, happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old/friend/therefore/hence/(o...
已故 yǐgù, the late/deceased
无故 wúgù, [無故], without cause or reason
何故 hégù, what for?/what's the reason?
世故 shìgù/shìgu, the ways of the world, sophisticated/worldly-wise
变故 biàngù, [變故], an unforeseen event/accident/misfortune
欲擒故纵 yùqíngùzòng, [欲擒故縱], In order to capture, one must let loose./to loosen the reins only to grasp them ...
典故 diǎngù, classical story or quote from the literature
故人 gùrén, old friend/the deceased
故事会 故技 故土 gùtǔ, native country/one's homeland
故居 gùjū, former residence
故里 gùlǐ, hometown/native place
一见如故 yījiànrúgù, [一見如故], familiarity at first sight
故弄玄虚 gùnòngxuánxū, [故弄玄虛], deliberately mystifying/to make sth unnecessarily complicated
故地重游 gùdìchóngyóu, [故地重遊], to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
故去 gùqù, to die/death
故友 gùyǒu, old friend/deceased friend
明知故犯 míngzhīgùfàn, deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
故伎重演 gùjìchóngyǎn, to repeat an old stratagem/up to one's old tricks
非亲非故 fēiqīnfēigù, [非親非故], lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)/fig. unrelated to one another in an...
故国 gùguó, [故國], country with an ancient history
故态复萌 gùtàifùméng, [故態復萌], to revert to old ways
如故 rúgù, as before/as usual/(to be) like old friends
因故 yīngù, for some reason
故事片 gùshipiàn, fictional film/feature film
故态 依然如故 yīránrúgù, back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement/Things haven't changed ...
故伎 gùjì, usual trick/old tactics
借故 jiègù, to find an excuse
故园 gùyuán, [故園], one's hometown
故而 gùér, therefore
亡故 wánggù, to die/to pass away
温故知新 wēngùzhīxīn, [溫故知新], to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)/to recall the past...
故此 gùcǐ, therefore
故地 gùdì, once familiar places/former haunts
故址 gùzhǐ, old site/site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
故宅 gùzhái, former home
吐故纳新 tǔgùnàxīn, [吐故納新], lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fi...
故技重演 故交 gùjiāo, former acquaintance/old friend
责任事故 zérènshìgù, [責任事故], accident occurring due to negligence
原故 yuángù, variant of 緣故|缘故[yuán gù]
他乡遇故知 tāxiāngyùgùzhī, [他鄉遇故知], meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
病故 bìnggù, to die of an illness