蕃衍
fán yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

蕃衍
 - 
fán yǎn
  1. variant of 繁衍[fán yǎn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

敷衍
fū yǎn
  1. 1 to elaborate (on a theme)
  2. 2 to expound (the classics)
  3. 3 perfunctory
  4. 4 to skimp
  5. 5 to botch
  6. 6 to do sth half-heartedly or just for show
  7. 7 barely enough to get by
繁衍
fán yǎn
  1. 1 to multiply
  2. 2 to reproduce
  3. 3 to increase gradually in number or quantity
蕃
bō
  1. 1 see 吐蕃[Tǔ bō]
蕃茄
fān qié
  1. 1 variant of 番茄[fān qié]
衍生
yǎn shēng
  1. 1 to give rise to
  2. 2 to derive
  3. 3 derivative
  4. 4 derivation
衍生物
yǎn shēng wù
  1. 1 a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
吐蕃
Tǔ bō
  1. 1 Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet
  2. 2 the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD
  3. 3 also pr. [Tǔ fān]
夏衍
Xià Yǎn
  1. 1 Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
衍伸
yǎn shēn
  1. 1 to give rise (to)
  2. 2 to spawn
  3. 3 to spread (to)
衍化
yǎn huà
  1. 1 to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc)
  2. 2 to develop and change
衍射
yǎn shè
  1. 1 diffraction
衍变
yǎn biàn
  1. 1 to develop
  2. 2 to evolve

Idioms (1)

胄裔繁衍
zhòu yì fán yǎn
  1. 1 Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom)

Sample Sentences