推演 (tuī yǎn) — to deduce, to infer (through systematic reasoning); to simulate, to conduct a simulation (of a process or scenario)

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Examples

• 科学家通过实验数据来推演新的理论。
  Kē xué jiā tōng guò shí yàn shù jù lái tuī yǎn xīn de lǐ lùn.
  Scientists deduce new theories from experimental data.
• 指挥官在沙盘上推演了这次战役的多种可能方案。
  Zhǐ huī guān zài shā pán shàng tuī yǎn le zhè cì zhàn yì de duō zhǒng kě néng fāng àn.
  The commander simulated multiple possible plans for this battle on the sand table.
• 历史学家从这些文献中推演出了当时的社会结构。
  Lì shǐ xué jiā cóng zhè xiē wén xiàn zhōng tuī yǎn chū le dāng shí de shè huì jié gòu.
  Historians deduced the social structure of that time from these documents.