緣（緣）yuánⅠ ? ? （緣故） reason: 無 ～ 無故 without rhyme or reason; for no reason at all; ～ 何到此？ What's your reason for coming here?
? （緣分） predestined relationship: 人 ～ 兒 relations with people; popularity; 姻 ～ predestined marriage; 有一面之 ～ happen to have met once
? （邊） edge; fringe; brink: 外 ～ outer fringe [edge]; 這個城市處于沙漠南 ～。 This city is located on the southern fringe of the desert. Ⅱ ? （攀援） climb up: ～ 木求魚 climb trees to look for fish Ⅲ ? (沿著； 順著) along: ～ 溪而行 walk along the stream
◆緣分 lot or luck by which people are brought together; {佛教} destiny [luck] as conditioned by one's past; 緣故 cause; reason; 緣木求魚 climb trees to catch [look for] fish — cannot get blood from a stone; catch fish in a tree — a useless search; do the impossible; 緣起 genesis; origin; an account of the founding of an institution or the beginning of a project; 緣由 reason; cause |