蕃衍

fányǎn
variant of 繁衍 fányǎn

CEDICT

孳生众多。《诗经．唐风．椒聊》：「椒聊之实，蕃衍盈升。」也作「蕃息」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 蕃 fán
  1. luxuriant
  2. flourishing
  3. to reproduce
  4. to proliferate
2 衍 yǎn
  1. to spread out
  2. to develop
  3. to overflow
  4. to amplify
  5. superfluous