yuán

biānyuán

edge / fringe / verge / brink / periphery / marginal / borderline

yuángù

reason / cause

yuán

cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along

juéyuán

to isolate / to prevent contact / to deny access / electric insulation

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

lúnyuán

rim / edge of wheel

yínyuánpānfù

to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing

shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú

to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical book of action

shǒuzhūyuánmù

abbr. for [[守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼<shǒuzhūdàitù]], [[yuánmùqiúyú>]]

nièyuán

ill-fated relationship