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姻缘
yīnyuán
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English Definitiona marriage predestined by fate
Simplified Script姻缘
Traditional Script姻緣
Pinyinyīnyuán
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jan1jyun4
Word Decomposition
姻yīnmarriage connections
缘yuáncause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along

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Words With Same Head Word    
姻亲yīnqīnaffinity; in-laws
Words With Same Tail Word    
边缘biānyuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
有缘yǒuyuánrelated; brought together by fate
结缘jiéyuánto form ties; to become attached (to somebody, something)
无缘wúyuánto have no opportunity; no way (of doing something); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
人缘rényuánrelations with other people
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