无缘
wúyuán
“To have no opportunity” in Chinese is 无缘 (wúyuán).
Meaning
- to have no opportunity
- no way (of doing sth)
- no chance
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- no connection
- not placed (in a competition)
- (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
Example
有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。
Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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