衍
yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

衍
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yǎn
  1. to spread out
  2. to develop
  3. to overflow
  4. to amplify
  5. superfluous

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

愆
qiān
  1. 1 fault
  2. 2 transgression
愆
qiān
  1. 1 old variant of 愆[qiān]

Related Words (9)

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
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)
夏衍
Xià Yǎn
  1. 1 Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer

Idioms (1)

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

Sample Sentences

过去几个共享经济成功的例子，像优步、Airbnb最后还不是衍生一堆问题。没有公德心，怎么共享？我看根本是共业！
guòqù jǐ ge gòngxiǎng jīngjì chénggōng de lìzi ，xiàng yōubù 、Airbnb zuìhòu háibùshì yǎnshēng yīduī wèntí 。méiyǒu gōngdéxīn ，zěnme gòngxiǎng ？wǒ kàn gēnběn shì gòngyè ！
Past successful examples of sharing economy initiatives, like Uber and AirBnB, also led to a load of problems in the end too. If you don't have a common sense of decency, then how can you share? In my eyes it's basically collective karma!
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瞧您说的，敢情食物就只配被敷衍呐。对待美食用心可是一种情怀，我对美食的爱就像对初恋一样，是走心的。
qiáo nín shuō de ，gǎnqíng shíwù jiù zhī pèi bèi fūyǎn na 。duìdài měishí yòngxīn kěshì yīzhǒng qínghuái ，wǒ duì měishí de ài jiù xiàng duì chūliàn yīyàng ，shì zǒuxīn de 。
You said it. Of course the food is just there for show. Treating food seriously is about the atmosphere. My love for cuisine is like first love, it is so absorbing.
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挪用公款这种事，没人救得了你！上次你单位小、层级低，而且念在你是初犯，我还能帮你敷衍过去，没想到你竟然一犯再犯！
nuóyòng gōngkuǎn zhèzhǒng shì ，méi rén jiù dé liǎo nǐ ！shàngcì nǐ dānwèi xiǎo 、céngjí dī ，érqiě niàn zài nǐ shì chūfàn ，wǒ hái néng bāng nǐ fūyǎn guòqù ，méi xiǎng dào nǐ jìngrán yí fàn zài fàn ！
Misappropriating public funds isn't something you can be rescued from! Last time you working at a small place, at a low level, so given that it was your first offence, I was just about able to smooth things over for you. I never thought you would just go on to do the same thing over and over again!
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在国内，对于产品领域，这种模式还是比较新奇的，市场教育还需要一定的时间。不过现在互联网众筹狼烟四起，正在衍生成互联网新蓝海。
zài guónèi ，duìyú chǎnpǐn lǐngyù ，zhèzhǒng móshì háishì bǐjiào xīnqí de ，shìchǎng jiàoyù hái xūyào yīdìng de shíjiān 。bùguò xiànzài hùliánwǎng zhòngchóu lángyānsìqǐ ，zhèngzài yǎnshēng chéng hùliánwǎng xīnlánhǎi 。
Domestically, in the realm of merchandise, this model is quite novel. Market education still needs a certain amount of time. But now Internet crowdfunding has provided some fierce competition and has given rise to a new market on the Internet.
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这些男男女女围着女娲跳跃欢呼，给大地带来了生机。男男女女又互相配合，生儿育女，使人类能够不断地繁衍下去。
zhèxiē nánnánnǚnǚ wéi zhe Nǚwā tiàoyuè huānhū ，gěi dàdì dàilái le shēngjī 。nánnánnǚnǚ yòu hùxiāng pèihé ，shēng ér yù nǚ ，shǐ rénlèi nénggòu búduàn de fányǎn xiàqu 。
These men and women surrounded Nu Wa cheering and jumping, bringing vitality to the earth. The men and women worked together and bore and raised children, ensuring that humanity would continue to multiply and thrive.
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无知，太无知！人类的繁衍，靠的是精子和卵子的结合，形成受精卵细胞，然后细胞分裂，逐渐形成人体的各个生理器官。
wúzhī ，tài wúzhī ！rénlèi de fányǎn ，kào de shì jīngzǐ hé luǎnzǐ de jiéhé ，xíngchéng shòujīngluǎn xìbāo ，ránhòu xìbāo fēnliè ，zhújiàn xíngchéng réntǐ de gègè shēnglǐ qìguān 。
Ignorant, so ignorant. The proliferation of the human race depends upon the joining of the sperm and the egg, which develops into a zygote cell, after which the cell splits and the organs of the human body slowly begin to take shape.
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她可不一样！她拥有机器改装的身体，但保留了人类的情感！在未来世界里，光电、纳米、机械、生物、网络和人工智能技术飞跃发展，人的身体甚至大脑都可以用电子和机械器官替换，很多人都换了电子脑。而且无线网络贯穿人类庞大的社会结构甚至单独的个人身体，因此也衍生出了各种基于网络的犯罪。素子带领的公安九课就是专门对付由于人类高科技的过度发展和膨胀的欲望所带来的新的犯罪。
tā kě bù yīyàng ！tā yōngyǒu jīqì gǎizhuāng de shēntǐ ，dàn bǎoliú le rénlèi de qínggǎn ！zài wèilái shìjiè lǐ ，guāngdiàn 、nàmǐ 、jīxiè 、shēngwù 、wǎngluò hé réngōng zhìnéng jìshù fēiyuè fāzhǎn ，rén de shēntǐ shènzhì dànǎo dōu kěyǐ yòng diànzǐ hé jīxiè qìguān tìhuàn ，hěn duō rén dōu huàn le diànzǐnǎo 。érqiě wúxiàn wǎngluò guànchuān rénlèi pángdà de shèhuì jiégòu shènzhì dāndú de gèrén shēntǐ ，yīncǐ yě yǎnshēng chū le gèzhǒng jīyú wǎngluò de fànzuì 。Sùzǐ dàilǐng de gōng ān jiǔkè jiùshì zhuānmén duìfu yóuyú rénlèi gāokējì de guòdù fāzhǎn hé péngzhàng de yùwàng suǒ dàilái de xīn de fànzuì 。
She's really different! She has a cybernetic body, but she's kept her human emotions. In the world of the future, photo-electronics, nano-tech, mechanization, biology, networks and artificial intelligence are really developed. People's bodies and even their brains can be replaced with electronic and mechanical organs. You can get on the wireless networks anytime and anywhere, and get into anything from the biggest social organizations to an individual human. This has created all kinds of new crimes based on the networks. Kusanagi's Public Security Section Nine specializes in these new kinds of crimes brought about by humankind's excessive technological development and expanding desires.
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