缘由

緣由
yuányóu
  1. reason
  2. cause

CEDICT

reason; cause

Wiktionary

事情的缘起与由来。唐．杜甫〈送韦十六评事充同谷郡防御判官〉诗：「中原正格斗，后会何缘由。」《儒林外史．第四○回》：「萧云仙到床面前请了父亲的安，诉说军前这些始末缘由。」也作「原由」。

重編國語辭典

事情的缘起与由来

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 缘 yuán
  1. cause
  2. reason
  3. karma
  4. fate
  5. predestined affinity
  6. margin
  7. hem
  8. edge
  9. along
2 由 yóu
  1. to follow
  2. from
  3. because of; due to
  4. by; via; through
  5. (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...

Related entries

事理 shìlǐ
  1. reason
  2. logic
明白事理的人使自己适应世界；不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。所以，所有进步都要靠不明事理的人。

Those who understand adapt to the world; those who don't understand want the world to adapt to them. This is why all human progress depends on people who don't understand.

Source: Tatoeba

合理性 hélǐxìng
  1. reason
  2. rationality
  3. rationale
  4. reasonableness
因由 yīnyóu
  1. reason
  2. cause
  3. predestined relationship (Buddhism)
情理 qínglǐ
  1. reason
  2. sense
理儿 lǐr reason
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