Chinese word dictionary

滥竽

làn yú · indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification); see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4]

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Word information

Simplified滥竽

Traditional濫竽

Pinyinlàn yú

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

滥làn

to flood, to overflow; excessive

竽yú

free reed mouth organ

How to learn 滥竽

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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泛滥fànlàn

to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked; variant of 氾濫|泛滥[fan4 lan4]

滥用lànyòng

to misuse; to abuse