衍

meaning for 衍 yǎn:

• - to spread out
• - to develop
• - to overflow
• - to amplify
• - superfluousto 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 byto multiply
• - to reproduce
• - to increase gradually in number or quantityto give rise to
• - to derive
• - derivative
• - derivationdiffractionto do things half-heartedly
• - to merely go through the motions