衍
yǎn
to spread out
to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
water (氵) + thoroughfare (行) = spreading, overflowing
Water spreading beyond a path or channel — that image captures both overflow and expansion. The combination evokes how water moving through a thoroughfare can spill outward, growing into something larger or more diffuse.
这条河水在雨季容易四处漫衍。
zhè tiáo hé shuǐ zài yǔ jì róng yì sì chù màn yǎn。
This river tends to spread out in all directions during the rainy season.
文章里有几个字是衍文，应该删掉。
wén zhāng lǐ yǒu jǐ gè zì shì yǎn wén，yīng gāi shān diào。
There are a few superfluous characters in the text that should be deleted.
Words with 衍
邹衍
zōu yǎn
Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
金融衍生产品
jīn róng yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn
financial derivative
铺衍
pù yǎn
to spread out widely
信贷衍生产品
xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn
credit derivative (in finance)
夏衍
xià yǎn
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
推衍
tuī yǎn
to deduce
敷衍
fū yǎn
to elaborate (on a theme)
敷衍了事
fū yǎn liǎo shì
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
敷衍塞责
fū yǎn sè zé
(idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
沃衍
wò yǎn
rich and fertile (soil)
箧衍
qiè yǎn
bamboo box
繁衍
fán yǎn
to multiply