I had not heard of the Chinese term Yuanfen until I keyed up an Apple Podcast search last night for podcasts about "Synchronicity" and found the episode titled, 'Synchronicity: Medium Alicia’s Journey of Fate, Truth & Tattoos' at 'The Medium's Table' podcast.
"Yuรกn (traditional Chinese: ็ทฃ; simplified Chinese: ็ผ; pinyin: yuรกn; Pe̍h-ลe-jฤซ: iรขn) or Yuanfen (traditional Chinese: ็ทฃๅ; simplified Chinese: ็ผๅ; pinyin: yuรกnfรจn; Pe̍h-ลe-jฤซ: iรขn-hลซn), "fateful coincidence," is a concept in Chinese society describing good and bad chances and potential relationships. It can also be translated as "destiny, luck as conditioned by one's past", or "natural affinity among friends." It is comparable to the concept of karma in Buddhism, but yuanfen is interactive rather than individual. The driving forces and causes behind yuรกnfรจn are said to be actions done in previous incarnations."
""Affinity occasion" could be a good translation of yuรกnfรจn, as yuรกnfรจn depends on the probability, or chance, of meeting (or seeing) someone in the real world at any given time and place, and involves both persons feeling as if they have already known each other for a very long time, even though in reality, they have not."
Memoir of a Snail?๐ฅ✍๐๐ฌ๐ฆ""Affinity occasion" could be a good translation of yuรกnfรจn, as yuรกnfรจn depends on the probability, or chance, of meeting (or seeing) someone in the real world at any given time and place, and involves both persons feeling as if they have already known each other for a very long time, even though in reality, they have not."
I've had two tattoos done recently with a third one booked and with some rather yuanfen like things occurring relating to getting those tattoos being done.
So, maybe a 4th one is on the cards now?-)
The 2024 AFL Grand Final Line Up Sure Brings a Smile to My Face?๐And yes, that 39% Rotten Tomatoes rating is about right, but it was an interesting movie all the same, and probably a movie that I was fated to see yesterday.
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