fán yǎn 
		to multiply
to reproduce
to increase gradually in number or quantity
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn shēng 
		to give rise to
to derive
derivative
derivation
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fū yǎn 
		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
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			yǎn 
		to spread out
to develop
to overflow
to amplify
superfluous
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn 
		derivative product
derivative (in finance)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn shēng wù 
		a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fū yǎn liǎo shì 
		to skimp
to work half-heartedly
not to bother
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn huà 
		to evolve (of ideas, designs, constructions etc)
to develop and change
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fū yǎn sè zé 
		to skimp on the job
to work half-heartedly
not to take the job seriously
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xià Yǎn 
		Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuī yǎn 
		to deduce
to infer
an implication
same as 推演
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Luó mó yǎn nǎ 
		the Ramayana (Indian epic)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zōu Yǎn 
		Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn shè jiǎo 
		angle of diffraction (physics)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yǎn shèng gōng 
		hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yǎn shèng gōng fǔ 
		the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			pù yǎn 
		to spread out widely
to disseminate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xìn dài yǎn shēng chǎn pǐn 
		credit derivative (in finance)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn shè gé zi 
		diffraction grating (physics)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhòu yì fán yǎn 
		Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Luó mó yǎn nà 
		the Ramayana (Indian epic)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn shēn 
		to give rise (to)
to spawn
to spread (to)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǎn shēng fù cí 
		compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly