Chinese Word: 衍 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

衍HSK 6

Pinyin: yǎn

English Definition: to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous

Chinese Definition:
①延长，开展：衍绎。衍生。推衍。展衍。敷衍。衍生物。
②多余的(指文字)：衍文(书籍中因缮写、刻板、排版错误而多出来的字句)。
③低而平坦之地：衍沃(土地平坦肥美。亦作“沃衍”)。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 行

Ideographic:Water 氵 going in all directions 行

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 行 [ xíng ] to go, to walk, to move; professional
- 氵 [ shuǐ ] water

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敷衍HSK 6	fū yǎn	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
繁衍	fán yǎn	to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
衍生	yǎn shēng	to give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation
衍射	yǎn shè	diffraction
敷衍了事	fū yǎn liǎo shì	to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

1		zhè zhǒng 这种 lián jiē 连接 bìng bù 并不 zhǐ shì 只是 yǎn shēng xìng 衍生性 de 的。 The connexion is not a simple derivation.
2		tā 他 fēi cháng 非常 rèn zhēn 认真 de 地 duì dài 对待 měi yī gè 每一个 gōng zuò 工作 rèn wu 任务， cóng bù 从不 fū yǎn liǎo shì 敷衍了事。 He takes every task seriously and never does anything half-heartedly.