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Trad. 鄒衍
- Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
- 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
- a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
Trad. 衍聖公
- hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
Trad. 衍生產品
- derivative product
- derivative (in finance)
Trad. 衍聖公府
- the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong
Trad. 衍聲複詞
- 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.)
- (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
Trad. 敷衍塞責
- (idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
Trad. 信貸衍生產品
- credit derivative (in finance)
Trad. 金融衍生產品
- financial derivative