投缘 (投緣)
tóu yuán
Pinyin

Definition

投缘 (投緣)
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tóu yuán
  1. to be kindred spirits
  2. to hit it off

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
yì qì xiāng tóu
  1. 1 congenial
tóu
  1. 1 to cast
  2. 2 to send
  3. 3 to throw oneself (into the river etc)
  4. 4 to seek refuge
  5. 5 to place oneself into the hands of
tóu rù
  1. 1 to throw into
  2. 2 to put into
  3. 3 to throw oneself into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to invest in
  6. 6 absorbed
  7. 7 engrossed
tóu gǎo
  1. 1 to submit articles for publication
  2. 2 to contribute (writing)

Idioms (18)

五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
情投意合
qíng tóu yì hé
  1. 1 to have an affinity with each other (idiom)
  2. 2 to find each other congenial
投井下石
tóu jǐng xià shí
  1. 1 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
投桃报李
tóu táo bào lǐ
  1. 1 toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
  2. 2 to exchange gifts
  3. 3 Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation

Sample Sentences

我们不投缘。中国人谈生意,讲天时地利人和。
wǒmen bù tóuyuán 。Zhōngguórén tán shēngyì ,jiǎng tiānshídìlìrénhé 。
B: We didn’t hit it off. When Chinese people talk about business, we value tiānshídìlìrénhé.
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