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滥竽充数
làn yú chōng shù
What 滥竽充数 means
- lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
- to masquerade as having an ability
- token member of a group
The characters in 滥竽充数
- 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
- 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙
- 充chōngsufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
- 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
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