衍

to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous

step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense

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

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

to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions

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

to skimp on the job / to work half-heartedly / not to take the job seriously

credit derivative (in finance)

rich and fertile (soil)

bamboo box

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

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