ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.reason; cause
缘由
reason
缘故
cause
无缘无故
without reason
synonym
- 2
prep.fmlalong
缘江航行
sail along the river
缘溪流而行
walk along the stream
缘水边行走
walk alongside the water's edge
synonym
- 3
prep.fmlbecause of; for (reason)
花径不曾缘客扫。
The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a guest.
缘何到此呢？
What has brought you here?
synonym
- 4
n.predestined relationship; destination
人缘
relations with people
不解之缘
inseparable link
一面之缘
happen to have met once
- 5
n.edge
沙漠南缘
the southern fringe of the desert
帽缘
brim
边缘
edge
Words and phrases with 缘
- 缘膜幼体[word]veliger
- 缘由[word]cause
- 缘片[word]embolium
- 缘簿[word]records of contributions kept at Buddhist or Daoist/Taoist temples
- 缘纲[word]balsh
- 缘业[word]a man's fate as conditioned by his past
- 缘垂[word]marginal lappet
- 缘丝[word]periphysis
- 缘网[word]hoddy
- 缘悭一面[idiom]It was never my good fortune to meet him.
- 缘木求鱼[idiom]climb a tree to catch fish—a fruitless approach