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泛滥

fàn làn

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 氾濫

What 泛滥 means

1. to overflow; to inundate; to flood
2. (fig.) to proliferate unchecked

Other readings

泛滥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fàn lànvariant of {泛滥|fàn làn}

The characters in 泛滥

• 泛fàn(bound form) general; non-specific; extensive
• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate

Example sentences

• 大雨使河水泛滥。
  Dàyǔ shǐ héshuǐ fànlàn.
  The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
• 台风造成了河水泛滥。
  Táifēng zàochéng le héshuǐ fàn làn.
  The typhoon caused the river to flood.

Words starting with 泛滥

• 泛滥成灾fàn làn chéng zāilit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions