繁衍

fányǎn
  1. to multiply
  2. to reproduce
  3. to increase gradually in number or quantity

CEDICT

  1. (literary) flourishing and abundant
  2. flourishing and abundant
  3. to multiply; to proliferate; to reproduce; to breed

Wiktionary

孳生眾多。《初刻拍案驚奇．卷一》：「至今子孫繁衍，家道殷富不絕。」也作「蕃衍」。

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Entry Composition

=1 繁 fán old variant of 繁 fán
=1 繁 fán
  1. complicated
  2. many
  3. in great numbers
  4. abbr. for 繁體 fántǐ, traditional form of Chinese characters
2 衍 yǎn
  1. to spread out
  2. to develop
  3. to overflow
  4. to amplify
  5. superfluous

Related entries

孳乳 zīrǔ
  1. to multiply (kinds, difficulties)
  2. to reproduce
  3. to derive (compounds)
相乘 xiāngchéng
  1. to multiply (math.)
  2. multiplication
再育 zàiyù
  1. to increase
  2. to multiply
  3. to proliferate
乘 chéng
  1. to ride
  2. to mount
  3. to make use of
  4. to avail oneself of
  5. to take advantage of
  6. to multiply (math.)
  7. Buddhist sect or creed
他乘小船過河。

He crossed the river in a small boat.

Source: Tatoeba

傳種 chuánzhǒng
  1. to reproduce
  2. to propagate
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