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姻缘

yīn yuán

2-character word Traditional 姻緣

What 姻缘 means

1. a marriage predestined by fate

The characters in 姻缘

• 姻yīnmarriage connections
• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma

Words containing 姻缘

• 前世姻缘qián shì yīn yuána marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
• 露水姻缘lù shuǐ yīn yuáncasual romance; short-lived relationship

Sounds the same

Read yīn yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 因缘chance; opportunity; predestined relationship

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