Zōu Yǎn

Traditional: 鄒衍

邹衍 (Zōu Yǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)”.

Meanings

  1. 1Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

Characters in 邹衍

邹Zōu · surname Zou衍yǎn · to spread out

Related words

敷衍to elaborate (on a theme)繁衍to multiply衍生to give rise to敷衍了事(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions衍生物a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)邹surname Zou衍射(physics) to diffract衍to spread out衍变to develop罗摩衍那the Ramayana (Indian epic)敷衍塞责(idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously邹县Zou county in Shandong

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