泛滥成灾 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to flood
• fig. rampant
• in plague proportions

Character by character

• 泛fànto drift, to float; broad, vast; careless, reckles
• 滥lànto flood, to overflow; excessive
• 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
• 灾zāidisaster, catastrophe, calamity

Idioms sharing a character

• 学海泛舟 xué hǎi fàn zhōu
• 浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái
• 宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn
• 滥杀无辜 làn shā wú gū
• 滥竽充数 làn yú chōng shù
• 粗制滥造 cū zhì làn zào
• 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
• 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
• 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
• 一语成谶 yī yǔ chéng chèn

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