緣

cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along

to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

relations with other people

chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect

a marriage predestined by fate

geographic situation / geo-(politics etc)

one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)

(of a monk) to beg for food

(of a monk) to beg

good karma

geostrategic

geopolitics / geopolitical

geopolitics

to curry favor / to advance one's career by toadying

to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing

ill-fated relationship

to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼[shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2]

(Buddhism) predestined relationship

erhua variant of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2]

flange

a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)