敷衍 fūyǎn elaborate Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: elaborate All meanings 3 fūyǎn 3 elaborate 1get by 1perfunctory 1 1 sentence for 敷衍 (fūyǎn — elaborate) 他将这则寓言敷衍成了一篇长篇小说。 tā jiāng zhè zé yùyán fūyǎn chéng le yī piān chángpiānxiǎoshuō. He expanded the fable into a full-length novel. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary