滥竽充数 — Chinese idiom
滥竽充数
làn yú chōng shù
Traditional: 濫竽充數
Meaning
- lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers ; fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
- to masquerade as having an ability
- token member of a group
Character by character
- 滥lànto flood, to overflow; excessive
- 竽yúfree reed mouth organ
- 充chōngto fill, to supply; to be full
- 数shùcount, number, several
Idioms sharing a character
- 宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn
- 泛滥成灾 fàn làn chéng zāi
- 滥杀无辜 làn shā wú gū
- 粗制滥造 cū zhì làn zào
- 充耳不闻 chōng ěr bù wén
- 汗牛充栋 hàn niú chōng dòng
- 漏脯充饥 lòu fǔ chōng jī
- 画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī
- 装傻充愣 zhuāng shǎ chōng lèng
- 一夕数惊 yī xī shù jīng
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