有缘千里来相会--用英语说“缘”
　　缘 reason; cause; sake, relationship, edge; fringe
　　
　　缘分 predestined relationship
　　
　　血缘 blood relationship
　　
　　姻缘 predestined marriage
　　
　　化缘 beg for alms
　　
　　天缘巧合 a luck coincidence
　　
　　有人缘 enjoy great popularity
　　
　　投缘的街坊们 congenial neighbors
　　
　　天赐良缘 a god sent marriage; a good marriage arranged in Heaven
　　
　　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.
　　
　　婚姻是缘分。 A couple's conjugal fate is prearranged.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　他们俩有情无缘。 They are attracted to each other but are not fated to be conjugally tied.
　　
　　机缘凑巧，我找到一份工作。 As luck would have it, I found a job.
　　
　　千里姻缘一线牵。 Two beings destined to marry each other, though thousands of miles apart, are tied together with an invisible red thread by an old man under the moonlight.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　
　　2004-08-04 18:57 Reply