攀緣

攀缘
pānyuán
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)

CEDICT

  1. to climb a social ladder through pull
  2. to climb; to clamber; to scale

Wiktionary

  1. 抓住或依附他物而移動、上升。宋．洪邁《夷堅丁志．卷八．華陽洞門》：「肌膚不小損，睨穴中正黑如夜，攀緣不能施力。」也作「攀援」。
  2. 佛學上指心追隨外境而多變。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 攀 pān
  1. to climb (by pulling oneself up)
  2. to implicate
  3. to claim connections of higher status
2 緣 yuán
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. karma
  4. fate
  5. predestined affinity
  6. margin
  7. hem
  8. edge
  9. along

Related entries

攀援 pānyuán to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)