yuanfen

The friendship between Ms. Li and Mr. Buffett, unlikely as it seems, developed quite by chance, or, as Ms. Li puts it, thanks to "yuanfen," a Chinese concept of predestined chemistry between people.

WSJ.com: What's News US 2009

"It's a question of yuanfen," he explains to me, invoking a Chinese concept that entails a tangle of destiny, luck, and the sort of fatalism that grows out of thousands of years of continuous history.

VQR 2008

"It's a question of yuanfen," he explains to me, invoking a Chinese concept that entails a tangle of destiny, luck, and the sort of fatalism that grows out of thousands of years of continuous history.

VQR 2008