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 spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous

Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer

to deduce; to infer; an implication; same as 推演

rich and fertile (soil)

bamboo box

variant of 繁衍[fan2 yan3]

Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

to spread out widely; to disseminate