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缘分 (緣分)

yuán fèn

Pinyin

Definition

缘分 (緣分)

yuán fèn

fate or chance that brings people together
predestined affinity or relationship
(Budd.) destiny

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分

fēn

1 to divide
2 to separate
3 to distribute
4 to allocate
5 to distinguish (good and bad)
6 part or subdivision
7 fraction
8 one tenth (of certain units)
9 unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
10 minute (unit of time)
11 minute (angular measurement unit)
12 a point (in sports or games)
13 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

fēn xiǎng

1 to share (let others have some of sth good)

分钟

fēn zhōng

1 minute

部分

bù fen

1 part
2 share
3 section
4 piece
5 classifier: 个 gè

分子

fèn zǐ

1 members of a class or group
2 political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists)
3 part

Idioms (20)

一分一毫

yī fēn yī háo

1 a tiny bit (idiom)
2 an iota

一分为二

yī fēn wéi èr

1 one divides into two
2 to be two-sided
3 there are two sides to everything
4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)

不分伯仲

bù fēn bó zhòng

1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
2 nothing to choose between them

不分胜负

bù fēn shèng fù

1 unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
2 to come out even
3 to tie
4 to draw

不分彼此

bù fēn bǐ cǐ

1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
2 to share everything
3 to be on very intimate terms

Sample Sentences

啧啧，满脑子坏水啊，说你什么好呢，缘分这事儿啊，天注定，就你这样即便是引起空姐注意了，也会被嫌弃吧，不好好配合就知道添乱。

zézé ，Mǎn nǎozi huàishuǐ ā ，shuō nǐ shénme hǎo ne ，yuánfèn zhè shìr ā ，tiān zhùdìng ，jiù nǐ zhèyàng jíbiàn shì yǐnqǐ kōngjiě zhùyì le ，yě huì bèi xiánqì ba ，bù hǎohǎo pèihé jiù zhīdào tiānluàn 。

Tut tut, your mind is full of naughty tricks. Is there any scrap of decency in you? Fate is decided by the heavens. Even if you attract the attention of the air hostess, they won’t have you. You don’t cooperate, you just give people trouble.

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谋事在人成事在天嘛，不努力一把怎么知道没缘分呢，再说了，男人不坏女人不爱，你不就是活生生的例子。

móu shì zài rén chéng shì zài tiān ma ，bù nǔlì yī bǎ zěnme zhīdào méi yuánfèn ne ，zàishuō le ，nánrén bù huài nǚrén bù ài ，nǐ bù jiùshì huóshēngshēng de lìzi 。

The gods help those who help themselves, eh? If you don’t make a move how do you know that you’re not fated to be together? And another thing, women like a bad guy, aren’t you living proof of that?

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我们老家的四川火锅蘸酱，我妹的目标是向“老干妈”看齐，但上市那得靠缘分了，如果无缘，至少也要营销成蘸酱界第一个“老干妹儿”。

wǒmen lǎojiā de Sìchuān huǒguō zhànjiàng ，wǒ mèi de mùbiāo shì xiàng “lǎogānmā ”kànqí ，dàn shàngshì nà děi kào yuánfèn le ，rúguǒ wúyuán ，zhìshǎo yě yào yíngxiāo chéng zhànjiàng jiè dì yī ge “lǎogānmèir ”。

For the Sichuanese hotpot dipping sauce from our hometown. My cousin's objective is to emulate Laoganma dipping sauce, but hitting the market is all up to chance, if there's no opportunity for that, at least she wants to market it as the first little sister of the laoganma dipping sauce brand.

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大哥，今天我俩能遇见也是缘分，来，你这行李我帮你拿着，怪重的（伸手拿起张铁柱的行李）。你来这里是想找什么样的工作的啊？

dàgē ，jīntiān wǒliǎ néng yùjiàn yě shì yuánfèn ，lái ，nǐ zhè xíngli wǒ bāng nǐ ná zhe ，guài zhòng de （shēnshǒu náqǐ Zhāng Tiězhù de xíngli ）。nǐ lái zhèlǐ shì xiǎng zhǎo shénmeyàng de gōngzuò de ā ？

Buddy, it must be fate that we two met today. Come, I'll help you carry your luggage. It's very heavy (he extends his arm to lift Zhang Tiezhu's luggage). What kind of work are you looking for here?

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嗯，有点缘分，这么说春晚已经举办了三十四届了，持续时间够长的啊。

ng4 ，yǒudiǎnr yuánfèn ，zhèmeshuō chūn wǎn yǐjīng jǔbàn le sānshísì jiè le ，chíxù shíjiān gòu cháng de ā 。

Uh-huh, I guess there is a bit of a connection. If that's the case the show is thirty four years old, that's a long time for a show.

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好好好！知道你爱春晚！还有别的缘分吗？

OK ！zhīdào nǐ ài chūn wǎn ！háiyǒu biéde yuánfèn ma ？

Alright, alright, I know you love the show, do you have any other connections with the show?

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缘分写在三生石上面。

yuánfèn xiě zài sānshēngshí shàngmian 。

Fate written into our lives, past, present and future