2011年《今世缘月报》第九期
英语翻译中关于[缘]的表达
★ 缘分 predestined relationship
★ 缘 reason; cause; sake, relationship, edge; fringe, climb
★ 血缘 blood relationship
★ 人缘 relations with people
★ 姻缘 predestined marriage
★ 前世因缘 predestination
★ 天赐良缘 a godsent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven
★ 天缘巧合 a luck coincidence
★ 喜结良缘 tie the nuptial knot
★ 缔结姻缘 form marital tie
★ 聊得投缘 talk congenially
★ 有缘结识某人 be lucky to get acquainted with sb.
★ 无缘结识某人 have no opportunity to get acquainted with sb.
★ 与某人有一面之缘 happen to have met sb. once
★ 婚姻是缘分。 A couple's conjugal fate is prearranged.
★ 他们的结合是美满的姻缘。 Their wedlock is a happy marriage.
★ 有缘终相逢。 Fate brings together people who are far apart.
★ 无缘不相逢。 There is no meeting without predestination.
★ 我与烟酒无缘。 Smoking and drinking don't appeal to me.
★ 好事似乎与他无缘。 Good luck seemed to be wholly denied to him.
★ 千里姻缘一线牵。 Two beings destined to marry each other, thoughthousands of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible redthread by an old man under the moonlight.
★ 无缘无故地 for no reason at all
★ 世上没有无缘无故的爱,也没有无缘无故的恨。 There is absolutely no such thing as loveor hatred without any reason or cause.
★ 不识庐山真面目,只缘身在此山中。 I can't tell the true shape of Lu Shan because Imyself am on the mountain.
★ 他们俩有情无缘。 The are attracted to each other but are not fated to beconjugally tied.
★ 机缘凑巧,我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.
★ [有缘千里来相会,无缘对面不相逢。] As decreed by providence you have met him;otherwise you might have failed although you traveled a long way.
★ 我发现班里有几个同学和我挺投缘。 I found quite a few classmates congenial to me.
★ 我在班里有人缘。 I am popular with my classmates.
★ 真遗憾,我们一直无缘相见。 It is a pity that we have no opportunity to meeteach other.
★ 花径不曾缘客扫。 The garden path has never been cleared for the visit ofa guest.
★ 投缘的街坊们 congenial neighbors
★ 化缘 beg for alms
★ 有人缘 enjoy great popularity