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 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 边缘化 biānyuánhuà, [邊緣化], to marginalize/marginalization 缘何 yuánhé, [緣何], why?/for what reason? 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 亲缘关系 qīnyuánguānxì, [親緣關係], phylogenetic relationship 人缘儿 rényuánr, [人緣兒], erhua variant of 人緣|人缘[rén yuán] 凸缘 tūyuán, [凸緣], flange 前世姻缘 qiánshìyīnyuán, [前世姻緣], a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom) 前缘未了 qiányuánwèiliǎo, [前緣未了], one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom) 募缘 mùyuán, [募緣], (of a monk) to beg for food 化缘 huàyuán, [化緣], (of a monk) to beg 善缘 shànyuán, [善緣], good karma 地缘战略 dìyuánzhànlüè, [地緣戰略], geostrategic 地缘政治 dìyuánzhèngzhì, [地緣政治], geopolitics/geopolitical 地缘政治学 dìyuánzhèngzhìxué, [地緣政治學], geopolitics 夤缘 yínyuán, [夤緣], to curry favor/to advance one's career by toadying 夤缘攀附 yínyuánpānfù, [夤緣攀附], to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying f... 孽缘 nièyuán, [孽緣], ill-fated relationship 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú, [守株待兔，緣木求魚], to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idio... 守株缘木 shǒuzhūyuánmù, [守株緣木], abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼[shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú] 宿缘 sùyuán, [宿緣], (Buddhism) predestined relationship 广结良缘 guǎngjiéliángyuán, [廣結良緣], to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom) 有缘 yǒuyuán, [有緣], related/brought together by fate 有缘无分 yǒuyuánwúfèn, [有緣無分], destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom) 缘木求鱼 yuánmùqiúyú, [緣木求魚], lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible 缘饰 yuánshì, [緣飾], fringe 血缘关系 xuèyuánguānxì, [血緣關係], blood relationship/consanguinity 路缘 lùyuán, [路緣], curb 轮缘 lúnyuán, [輪緣], rim/edge of wheel 边缘人 biānyuánrén, [邊緣人], marginalized people (not part of mainstream society)/marginal man (term coined b... 边缘地区 biānyuándìqū, [邊緣地區], border area 边缘性人格障碍 biānyuánxìngréngézhàngài, [邊緣性人格障礙], borderline personality disorder (BPD) 边缘系统 biānyuánxìtǒng, [邊緣系統], limbic system 远缘 yuǎnyuán, [遠緣], distantly related/remote affinity 镜花缘 JìnghuāYuán, [鏡花緣], Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (earl... 露水姻缘 lùshuǐyīnyuán, [露水姻緣], casual romance/short-lived relationship