緣分 predestined relationship ； fate

緣 reason; cause; sake,relationship,edge; fringe,climb

無緣無故地 for no reason at all

世上沒有無緣無故的愛，也沒有無緣無故的恨。 There is absolutely no such thing

as love or hatred without any reason or cause.

不識廬山真面目，只緣身在此山中。 I can"t tell the true shape of Lu Shan

because I myself am on the mountain.

花徑不曾緣客掃。 The garden path has never been cleared for the visit of a

guest.

血緣 blood relationship

人緣 relations with people

姻緣 predestined marriage

前世因緣 predestination

天賜良緣 a godsent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven

天緣巧合 a luck coincidence

投緣的街坊們 congenial neighbors

化緣 beg for alms

有人緣 enjoy great popularity

喜結良緣 tie the nuptial knot

締結姻緣 form marital tie

聊得投緣 talk congenially

有緣結識某人 be lucky to get acquainted with sb.

無緣結識某人 have no opportunity to get acquainted with sb.

與某人有一面之緣 happen to have met sb. once

婚姻是緣分。 A couple"s conjugal fate is prearranged.

他們的結合是美滿的姻緣。 Their wedlock is a happy marriage.

有緣終相逢。 Fate brings together people who are far apart.

無緣不相逢。 There is no meeting without predestination.

我與菸酒無緣。 Smoking and drinking don"t appeal to me.

好事似乎與他無緣。 Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.

千里姻緣一線牽。 Two beings destined to marry each other, though thousands

of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible red thread by an old

man under the moonlight.

他們倆有情無緣。 The are attracted to each other but are not fated to be

conjugally tied.

機緣湊巧，我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.

，無緣對面不相逢。 As decreed by providence you have met him;

otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.

我發現班裡有幾個同學和我挺投緣。 I found quite a few classmates congenial

to me.

我在班裡有人緣。 I am popular with my classmates.

真遺憾,我們一直無緣相見。 It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meet

each other.