缘 (緣) yuán

  1. yuán noun fate; predestined affinity
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
    Notes: (Guoyu '緣' n 4; Unihan '緣')
  2. yuán noun hem
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 衣服的花边 (Guoyu '緣' n 1; Unihan '緣')
  3. yuán verb to revolve around
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 围绕 (Guoyu '緣' v 2)
  4. yuán preposition because
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 因为 (Guoyu '緣' prep)
  5. yuán verb to climb up
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 攀爬 (Guoyu '緣' v 1)
  6. yuán noun cause; origin; reason
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 原因 (Guoyu '緣' n 3)
  7. yuán verb along; to follow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 沿 or 循 (Guoyu '緣' v 3)
  8. yuán verb to depend on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 攀爬 (Guoyu '緣' v 4)
  9. yuán noun margin; edge; rim
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 边沿 (Guoyu '緣' n 2; Unihan '緣')
  10. yuán noun Condition
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  11. yuán noun conditions; pratyaya; paccaya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pratyaya; Pali: paccaya, Japanese: en; in Buddhist teachings all conditioned phenomena arise from 因 hetu 'causes' and 緣 pratyaya 'conditions' (BCSD '緣', p. 935; BL 'pratyaya'; Tzu Chuang 2012; FGDB '緣')

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