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  *衍* | 衍* | *衍
to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous
to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity
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
to deduce / to infer / an implication / same as 推演
rich and fertile (soil)
bamboo box
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
variant of 繁衍
to spread out widely / to disseminate


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