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HSK
angle of diffraction (physics)
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  *衍* | 衍* | *衍
to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous
bamboo box
the Ramayana (Indian epic)
derivative (finance)
to give rise (to) / to spawn / to spread (to)
credit derivative (in finance)
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
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
spin-off series (TV)
derivative product / derivative (in finance)
to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity
financial derivative
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
to spread out widely / to disseminate
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
to give rise to / to derive / derivative / derivation
HSK 7-9
a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
(idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
to develop / to evolve
(physics) to diffract
to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc) / to develop and change
to deduce / to infer / an implication / same as 推演
compound word, such as 玫瑰 or 咖啡, whose meaning is unrelated to the individual characters (Note: These characters are often not used independently in modern Chinese.)
the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong
rich and fertile (soil)
diffraction grating (physics)
Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
variant of 繁衍


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