蕃 (fān) — luxuriant, flourishing (of plants); (in compounds) variant of 番, meaning foreign or barbarian
Definition
Bound form meaning 'luxuriant, flourishing' (as in 蕃衍, also written 繁衍). In historical terms like 吐蕃, it is the older spelling of 番, used for 'foreign peoples'.
bound form
luxuriantflourishing (of plants)(in compounds) variant of 番meaning foreign or barbarian
Examples
- ，蕃衍。Chūn tiān lái le, cǎo mù fān yǎn.Spring has come, and the plants multiply and flourish.
- 蕃衍。Zhè zhǒng zhí wù hěn róng yì fān yǎn.This kind of plant multiplies very easily.
- 蕃。Gǔ dài yǒu hěn duō fān rén lái zhōng guó mào yì.In ancient times, many foreign people came to China for trade.
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