塵緣
chén​yuán

worldly ties

  • created sense approved 尘缘/塵緣 · chén​yuán · worldly ties — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尘缘 / 塵緣

    chén​yuán

    worldly ties

    The bonds or connections to the secular world; worldly or carnal thoughts that prevent spiritual liberation. This is originally a Buddhist and Taoist concept.

    尘 (literal) → 尘/塵 · chén · sensory objects 缘 (literal) → 缘/緣 · yuán · fate

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense