因緣 [－缘]

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Pinyin yīn yuán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. chance
  2. opportunity
  3. predestined relationship
  4. (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes
  5. chain of cause and effect
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    緣分
    lot or luck
    • 因緣際會
      因缘际会
      opportunity because of luck
    • 天賜姻緣
      天赐姻缘
      chance to meet partner because of luck
  2. 名詞
    佛教​理論​之一​。​指構​成​一切​現​象​嘅​原因​。​因指​主因​，​緣謂​助緣​。​佛教​用以​説​明​事物​得以​存在​嘅​各​種​因果​關​係​。
    (buddhism) principal and subsidiary causes
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    predestined relationship; fate; destiny
    (syn.) 姻缘, 姻緣, 缘分, 分缘, 緣分, 分緣
  2. noun
    chance; opportunity
    (syn.) 商機, 空子, 機會, 契機, 缝缝儿, 縫縫, 火候, 契机, 节裉儿, 縫縫兒, 时机, 際遇, 际遇, 遇, 節裉兒, 商机, 戰機, 機遇, 空隙, 茬口, 缝缝, 時機, 机会, 机遇, 战机
  3. noun
    hetu and prataya; principal and secondary causes
  4. noun
    chain of cause and effect
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    因缘际会
    因緣際會
    • opportunity because of luck
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    或有一天，我们到了海边，听潮音为你我说因缘。
    或有一天，我們到了海邊，聽潮音為你我說因緣。
    huò yǒu yī tiān ， wǒ men dào le hǎi biān ， tīng cháo yīn wèi nǐ wǒ shuō yīn yuán ．
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