Chinese word dictionary

孽缘

niè yuán · ill-fated relationship

Practice word

Word information

Simplified孽缘

Traditional孽緣

Pinyinniè yuán

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

孽niè

bastard child; the consequence of a sin; evil

缘yuán

reason, cause; fate; margin, hem

How to learn 孽缘

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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边缘biānyuán

edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

绝缘juéyuán

to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate

人缘儿rényuánr

erhua variant of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2]

无缘wúyuán

to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc

血缘xuèyuán

bloodline

缘分yuánfèn

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