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緣分 or Yuan Fen is the fate or chance that brings people together.
This can also mean a predestined affinity or relationship. Basically this is about destiny.
Age is just a number
老當益壯 is a Chinese proverb that means “old but vigorous” or “hale and hearty despite the years.”
Said of someone who is more spirited when he/she grows older.
The story behind this Chinese proverb:
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Ma Yuan. He had been planning to herd animals on the frontier since he was young. When he grew up, Ma became a minor official of a county.
Once, he was sending some prisoners to another location. He felt pity for them, so he set them free, and then he fled to another county in the north. He herded animals there, and thus his dream came true. He always said: “If you want to be a great man, the poorer you are, the firmer in spirit you have to be; the older you are, the more spirited you should be.”
Later, when he was even older, Ma Yuan became a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty and contributed to many battles.
略跡原情 is a Chinese proverb that means “to overlook past faults,” or “forgive and forget.”
It's more literally, “Abridge or make small the scars from your past emotions.” You should let it go.
The character breakdown:
略 (lüè) abbreviation; omission; abridge.
跡 (jī) ruins; scar; traces.
原 (yuán) former.
情 (qíng) feeling; emotion.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
元 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan motoyasu もとやす |
More info & calligraphy: Won(kana only) (See 元・げん・3) yuan (monetary unit of China) (chi: yuán); (given name) Motoyasu Beginning, first, original, head; dollar; Mongol (dynasty). |
大洋 see styles |
dà yáng da4 yang2 ta yang motohiro もとひろ |
More info & calligraphy: Great Sea(noun - becomes adjective with の) ocean; (personal name) Motohiro |
ユアン see styles |
yuan ユアン |
More info & calligraphy: Ewan |
淨土宗 净土宗 see styles |
jìng tǔ zōng jing4 tu3 zong1 ching t`u tsung ching tu tsung Jōdo Shū |
Pure Land Buddhism The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan. |
圓 圆 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan maru まる |
circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) (out-dated kanji) (1) yen; Japanese monetary unit; (2) circle; (personal name) Maru Round, all-round, full-orbed, inclusive, all-embracing, whole, perfect, complete. |
毛 see styles |
máo mao2 mao yashiyu やしゆ |
hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1]) (numeric) (1) one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme); (2) old monetary unit (0.0001 yen); (surname) Yashiyu Hair; feathers. |
毫 see styles |
háo hao2 hao gou / go ごう |
hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan (male given name) Gō Down, soft hair; minute, trifling, tiny. |
沅 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan |
Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan |
米 see styles |
mǐ mi3 mi yonehama よねはま |
uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan (1) (because 米 can be deconstructed into 八十八) 88 years old; (2) (archaism) (See 米・こめ・1) rice; (surname) Yonehama śāli, rice, i. e. hulled rice. The word śālihas been wrongly used for śarīra, relics, and for both words 舍利 has been used. |
一塊 一块 see styles |
yī kuài yi1 kuai4 i k`uai i kuai hitokatamari ひとかたまり ikkai いっかい |
a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company one lump; one group |
上都 see styles |
shàng dū shang4 du1 shang tu jouto / joto じょうと |
Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) (place-name) Xanadu; Shangdu |
五山 see styles |
wǔ shān wu3 shan1 wu shan goyama ごやま |
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty. |
五院 see styles |
wǔ yuàn wu3 yuan4 wu yüan |
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[Xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive Yuan, 立法院[Li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[Si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[Kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[Jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control Yuan |
伯顏 伯颜 see styles |
bà yán ba4 yan2 pa yen |
Bayan (name); Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239; Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician |
優安 see styles |
yuan ゆあん |
(female given name) Yuan |
優杏 see styles |
yuan ゆあん |
(female given name) Yuan |
允若 see styles |
yǔn ruò yun3 ruo4 yün jo Innya |
Yun-jo, a famous monk of the Yuan dynasty. |
元代 see styles |
yuán dài yuan2 dai4 yüan tai motoyo もとよ |
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) (hist) Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty; (female given name) Motoyo |
元史 see styles |
yuán shǐ yuan2 shi3 yüan shih motofumi もとふみ |
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls (personal name) Motofumi |
元曉 元晓 see styles |
yuán xiǎo yuan2 xiao3 yüan hsiao Gangyō |
Yuan-hsiao, a famous Korean monk who traveled, and studied and wrote in China during the Tang dynasty, then returned to Korea; known as 海東師 Hai-tung Shih. |
元曲 see styles |
yuán qǔ yuan2 qu3 yüan ch`ü yüan chü genkyoku げんきょく |
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy yuanqu (form of Chinese classical drama); Yuan drama |
元朝 see styles |
yuán cháo yuan2 chao2 yüan ch`ao yüan chao motonori もとのり |
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) (hist) Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty; (given name) Motonori the Yuan dynasty |
元末 see styles |
yuán mò yuan2 mo4 yüan mo motosue もとすえ |
final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368); mid 14th century (surname) Motosue |
元版 see styles |
yuán bǎn yuan2 ban3 yüan pan Ganhan |
Yuan canon |
元藏 see styles |
yuán zàng yuan2 zang4 yüan tsang ganzō |
The Yuan tripiṭaka, compiled by order of Shih Tsu (Kublai), founder of the Yuan dynasty, and printed from blocks; begun in 1277, the work was finished in 1290, in 1, 422 部 works, 6, 017 卷 sections, 558 凾 cases or covers. It contained 528 Mahayanist and 242 Hinayanist sutras; 25 Mahāyāna and 54 Hīnayāna vinaya; 97 Mahāyāna and 36 Hīnayāna śāstras; 108 biographies; and 332 supplementary or general works. In size, and generally, it was similar to the Sung edition. The 元藏目錄 or Catalogue of the Yuan tripiṭaka is also known as 大普寧寺大藏經目錄. |
元軍 元军 see styles |
yuán jun yuan2 jun1 yüan chün gengun げんぐん |
Mongol army; army of Yuan dynasty (hist) Yuan dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military |
劉淵 刘渊 see styles |
liú yuān liu2 yuan1 liu yüan ryuuen / ryuen りゅうえん |
Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉[Cheng2 Han4] (304–347) (personal name) Ryūen |
北遠 北远 see styles |
běi yuǎn bei3 yuan3 pei yüan hokuon |
Yuan of the North |
南苑 see styles |
nán yuàn nan2 yuan4 nan yüan nanen なんえん |
Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing (given name) Nan'en |
友杏 see styles |
yuan ゆあん |
(female given name) Yuan |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Yuan Fen | 緣分 缘分 | yuán fèn / yuan2 fen4 / yuan fen / yuanfen | yüan fen / yüanfen | |
| Old, But More Vigorous in Spirit | 老當益壯 老当益壮 | lǎo dāng yì zhuàng lao3 dang1 yi4 zhuang4 lao dang yi zhuang laodangyizhuang | lao tang i chuang laotangichuang |
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| Forgive and Forget | 略跡原情 略迹原情 | lüè jì yuán qíng lve4 ji4 yuan2 qing2 lve ji yuan qing lvejiyuanqing | chi yüan ch`ing chiyüanching chi yüan ching |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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