| 緣 | 1422B45 93B.02-9 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄩㄢˊ [yUan2] (*ㄩㄢˋ [yUan4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Reason: 緣故，緣由 [yUan2gu4], [yUan2you2]↓. (2) (*[yUan4]) Hem, border (of sleeve, bed): 邊緣 ditto. (3) Affinity, sympathy, friendship: 姻緣 marriage. (4) Fate, predestination: 前緣 predestined in previous incarnation; 後緣 predestination in future; 夙緣，宿緣 predestination from the past; 孽緣 fate as conditioned by person's past, karma. (5) Opportunity, luck: 良緣 good opportunity; 有緣 have the luck; 無緣 no luck or opportunity; 緣分 [yUan2fen4]↓. (6) (Budd.) contributions to temple, like “storing up treasures in heaven”: 化緣 solicit contribution to Budd. church; 緣簿 book for recording contributions; 捐緣 make contributions to public cause. | |||||
| V.t. | To climb up: 緣木求魚 (AC) climb trees to look for fish--futile; 夤緣，攀緣 climb up socially. | |||||
| Words | 1. 緣起 [yUan2qi3], n., (1) (a sketch of) origin of a work or society; (2) origin of events. 2. 緣法（兒） [yUan2fa0]([er0]), n., see [yUan2fen4]↓. 3. 緣分 [yUan2fen4], n., (1) (Budd.) destiny, luck as conditioned by one's past; (2) good luck (to meet s.o.); (3) natural affinity among friends. 4. 緣故 [yUan2gu4], n., reason,cause: 無緣無故 without any cause or reason. 5. 緣何 [yUan2he2], adv., wherefore, for what reason? 6. 緣桑螺 [yUan2sang1luo2], n., (zoo.) a kind of snail, Limnaea japonica. 7. 緣飾 [yUan2shi4], v.t., (LL) to decorate up for show. 8. 緣坐 [yUan2zuo4], v.i., to be punished for complicity. 9. 緣業 [yUan2ye4], n., (Budd.) a man's fate as conditioned by his past. 10. 緣因 [yUan2yin1], n., reason (for things), also wr.原因. 11. 緣由 [yUan2you2], n., ditto, also wr. 原由. | |||||