to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
蕃衍蕃衍fan2 yan3
variant of 繁衍
敷衍敷衍fu1 yan3
to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
敷衍了事敷衍了事fu1 yan3 liao3 shi4
to skimp; to work half-heartedly; not to bother
敷衍塞责敷衍塞責fu1 yan3 se4 ze2
to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
金融衍生产品金融衍生產品jin1 rong2 yan3 sheng1 chan3 pin3
financial derivative
罗摩衍那羅摩衍那luo2 mo2 yan3 na4
the Ramayana (Indian epic)
铺衍鋪衍pu4 yan3
to spread out widely; to disseminate
箧衍篋衍qie4 yan3
bamboo box
推衍推衍tui1 yan3
to deduce; to infer; an implication; same as 推演
沃衍沃衍wo4 yan3
rich and fertile (soil)
夏衍夏衍xia4 yan3
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
信贷衍生产品信貸衍生產品xin4 dai4 yan3 sheng1 chan3 pin3
credit derivative (in finance)
衍变衍變yan3 bian4
to develop; to evolve
衍化衍化yan3 hua4
to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change
衍射衍射yan3 she4
diffraction
衍射格子衍射格子yan3 she4 ge2 zi5
diffraction grating (physics)
衍射角衍射角yan3 she4 jiao3
angle of diffraction (physics)
衍伸衍伸yan3 shen1
to give rise (to); to spawn; to spread (to)
衍生衍生yan3 sheng1
to give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation
衍生产品衍生產品yan3 sheng1 chan3 pin3
derivative product; derivative (in finance)
衍声复词衍聲複詞yan3 sheng1 fu4 ci2
compound word such as 玫瑰, 咖啡, whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly
衍生工具衍生工具yan3 sheng1 gong1 ju4
derivative (finance)
衍生物衍生物yan3 sheng1 wu4
a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
衍圣公衍聖公yan3 sheng4 gong1
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
衍圣公府衍聖公府yan3 sheng4 gong1 fu3
the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong
胄裔繁衍胄裔繁衍zhou4 yi4 fan2 yan3
Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom)
邹衍鄒衍zou1 yan3
Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)