缘

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

blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity

geographic situation / geo-(politics etc)

trailing edge (of airplane wing)

(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

phylogenetic relationship

erhua variant of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2]

flange

a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)

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

(of a monk) to beg for food