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滥竽充数

làn yú chōng shù

4-character word Traditional 濫竽充數

What 滥竽充数 means

1. lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
2. to masquerade as having an ability
3. 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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