衍
yǎn
Meaning
to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
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敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate衍生 yǎn shēng to give rise to夏衍 Xià Yǎn Xia Yan, Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer邹衍 Zōu Yǎn Zou Yan, founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period繁衍 fán yǎn to multiply蕃衍 fán yǎn variant of 繁衍[fan2 yan3]铺衍 pù yǎn to spread out widely箧衍 qiè yǎn bamboo box推衍 tuī yǎn to deduce沃衍 wò yǎn rich and fertile衍变 yǎn biàn to develop衍化 yǎn huà to evolve衍射 yǎn shè to diffract衍伸 yǎn shēn to give rise衍圣公 Yǎn shèng gōng hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants衍射角 yǎn shè jiǎo angle of diffraction衍生剧 yǎn shēng jù spin-off series衍生物 yǎn shēng wù derivative罗摩衍那 Luó mó yǎn nà the Ramayana衍圣公府 Yǎn shèng gōng fǔ the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì to do things half-heartedly敷衍塞责 fū yǎn sè zé to skimp on the job衍射格子 yǎn shè gé zi diffraction grating