滥竽充数

Traditional: 濫竽充數

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Dictionary entry

lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products

What does 滥竽充数 mean?

滥竽充数 (làn yú chōng shù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products

2to masquerade as having an ability

3token member of a group

Character breakdown

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滥lànoverflowing · excessive 竽yúfree reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China 充chōngsufficient; full · to fill 数shǔto count · to count as; to regard as

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