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缘起

yuán qǐ

2-character word Traditional 緣起

What 缘起 means

to originate
origin; genesis
account of the origins of an endeavor

The characters in 缘起

缘yuáncause; reason; karma
起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Sounds the same

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

源起to originate

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