缘分 predestined relationship
缘 reason; cause; sake,relationship,edge; fringe,climb
无缘无故地 for no reason at all
世上没无缘无故的爱,也没无缘无故的恨。 There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred2 without any reason or cause.
不识庐山真面目,只缘身在此山中。 I cant tell the true shape of Lu Shan because I myself am on the mountain.
花径不曾缘客扫。 The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a guest.
血缘 blood relationship
人缘 relations with people
姻缘 predestined marriage
前世因缘 predestination
天赐良缘 a godsent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven
天缘巧合 a luck coincidence
投缘的街坊们 congenial neighbors
化缘 beg for alms
有人缘 enjoy great popularity
喜结良缘 tie the nuptial3 knot
缔结姻缘 form marital4 tie
聊得投缘 talk congenially
有缘结识某人 be lucky to get acquainted with sb.
无缘结识某人 have no opportunity to get acquainted with sb.
与某人有一面之缘 happen to have met sb. once
婚姻是缘分。 A couples conjugal5 fate is prearranged.
他们的结合是美满的姻缘。 Their wedlock6 is a happy marriage.
有缘终相逢。 Fate brings together people who are far apart.
无缘不相逢。 There is no meeting without predestination.
我与烟酒无缘。 Smoking and drinking dont appeal to me.
好事好像与他无缘。 Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.
千里姻缘一线牵。 Two beings destined1 to marry each other, though thousands of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible red thread by an old man under the moonlight.