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 give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation

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]

to give rise (to); to spawn; to spread (to)

to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc); to develop and change

to develop; to evolve

(physics) to diffract

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

hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants

angle of diffraction (physics)

spin-off series (TV)

derivative; offshoot

(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

(idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously

the Ramayana (Indian epic)

the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong

compound word, such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1] or 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the individual characters (Note: These characters are often not used independently in modern Chinese.)

diffraction grating (physics)

derivative product; derivative (in finance)

derivative (finance)

credit derivative (in finance)

financial derivative