前缘未了 — Chinese idiom
前缘未了
qián yuán wèi liǎo
Traditional: 前緣未了
Meaning
- one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled
Character by character
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 缘yuánreason, cause; fate; margin, hem
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 了liǎoclear; to finish; particle of completed action
Idioms sharing a character
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 不计前嫌 bù jì qián xián
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 冰释前嫌 bīng shì qián xián
- 前世姻缘 qián shì yīn yuán
- 前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì
- 前倨后恭 qián jù hòu gōng
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