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Pronunciation / Transliteration: inyeon
"두 사람이 만난 것은 깊은 인연이었다."
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A fateful, unavoidable spiritual connection or relationship between people that appears to have been determined by destiny or fate.
"Their meeting in a remote city across the globe felt like a true predestined-affinity."
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A hybrid calque primarily used to translate the deeply rooted East Asian cultural concepts of 'Yuanfen' (Chinese) or 'Inn-yeon' (Korean). It combines 'predestined', from Latin praedestinatus, with 'affinity', from Latin affinitas, to articulate a fateful spiritual bond between individuals.
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affinité prédestinée
Transliteration: a.fi.ni.te pre.dɛs.ti.ne
"Leur rencontre semblait relevée d'une affinité prédestinée."
vorherbestimmte Seelenverwandtschaft
Transliteration: foːɐ̯hɛɐ̯bəˈʃtɪmtə ˈzeːlənfɛɐ̯ˌvantʃaft
"Ihre Begegnung fühlte sich an wie eine vorherbestimmte Seelenverwandtschaft."
affinità predestinata
Transliteration: af.fi.ni.ta pre.de.sti.na.ta
"La loro unione era guidata da un'affinità predestinata."
afinidad predestinada
Transliteration: a.fi.niˈdad pre.ðes.tiˈna.ða
"Sentían una afinidad predestinada desde el primer momento."
afinidade predestinada
Transliteration: a.fi.niˈda.dʒi pɾe.des.tʃiˈna.da
"A amizade deles nasceu de uma afinidade predestinada."
पूर्व निर्धारित संबंध
Transliteration: pūrva nirdhārita sambandh
"उनका मिलना एक पूर्व निर्धारित संबंध जैसा प्रतीत होता था।"
缘分
Transliteration: yuánfèn
"他们之间的相遇仿佛是命中注定的缘分。"
인연
Transliteration: inyeon
"두 사람이 만난 것은 깊은 인연이었다."
縁
Transliteration: en / enn
"彼らの出会いは深い縁を感じさせた。"
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