邹衍 鄒衍

邹 鄒

• 邹城 鄒城 Zōu chéng ㄗㄡ ㄔㄥˊ zau1 sing4 see 邹城市
• 邹容 鄒容 Zōu Róng ㄗㄡ ㄖㄨㄥˊ zau1 jung4 Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905
• 邹平 鄒平 Zōu píng ㄗㄡ ㄆㄧㄥˊ zau1 ping4 see 邹平市
• 邹族 鄒族 Zōu zú ㄗㄡ ㄗㄨˊ zau1 zuk6 Tsou or Cou, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 邹县 鄒縣 Zōu xiàn ㄗㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˋ zau1 jyun6 Zou county in Shandong

衍

• 敷衍 fū yǎn ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ fu1 hin2 to elaborate (on a theme)
• 衍生 yǎn shēng ㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄥ hin2 sang1 to give rise to
• 夏衍 Xià Yǎn ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄢˇ haa6 jin5 Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
• 推衍 tuī yǎn ㄊㄨㄟ ㄧㄢˇ teoi1 jin5 to deduce
• 沃衍 wò yǎn ㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˇ juk1 jin5 rich and fertile (soil)

• 敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ fu1 hin2 liu5 si6 (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
• 敷衍塞责 敷衍塞責 fū yǎn sè zé ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄗㄜˊ fu1 hin5 sak1 zaak3 (idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously