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敷演

fū yǎn

2-character word

What 敷演 means

1. variant of 敷衍
2. to elaborate (on a theme)
3. to expound (the meaning of the classics)

The characters in 敷演

• 敷fūto spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc)
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…

Sounds the same

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

• 敷衍to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory