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天演

tiān yǎn

2-character word

What 天演 means

1. natural change
2. evolution (early translation, since replaced by 进化)

The characters in 天演

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…

Words starting with 天演

• 天演论tiān yǎn lùnthe theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 进化论)

Sounds the same

Read tiān yǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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