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Proverb

even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond; even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life

festival vendor

consanguineous group; kin group

(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

change of fortune; trying to change one's luck

Buddhism

dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

nepotism

to arrange a marriage

proscenium stage

regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

evacuating to the homes of one's relatives in the countryside in wartime

Idiomatic expression; From Mencius

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree

horn-rimmed glasses; horn-rimmed spectacles

Astronomy

trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO

being superstitious; superstitious person

insulation resistance

forward edge of the battle area

Idiomatic expression; From Mencius

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree

crony politics; nepotistic government

recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections

private (stock) offering (subscription)

kin selection

Computing

grouping isolation

Computing

isolated amplifier

Computing

non-isolated amplifier