夏衍

Traditional form:

夏衍

Pinyin (reading):

Xià Yǎn

Definitions:

• Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer

Characters:

• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 衍 - to overflow; to spread out

Traditional characters:

• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 衍 - to overflow; to spread out