Definition
投缘 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to hit it off' or 'to be immediately congenial'. You use it with 跟/和 to say who you get along with: 跟他很投缘 ('hit it off with him'). In questions, the verb and object split in the A-not-A pattern: 投不投缘? ('do they get along?'). You can also add complements like 得很: 投缘得很 ('extremely congenial').
v.o.
to hit it off (with someone)to be immediately on close friendly terms
Examples
- 投缘。Tāmen dì yī cì jiànmiàn jiù hěn tóu yuán.They hit it off right away when they first met.
- ？Nǐmen liǎ tóu bù tóu yuán?Do you two hit it off?
- 投缘。Wǒ juéde wǒmen liǎ tǐng tóu yuán de.I think we two really hit it off.
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