Word information
Simplified滥竽充数
Traditional濫竽充數
Pinyinlàn yú chōng shù
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Chinese word dictionary
滥竽充数
làn yú chōng shù · lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products; to masquerade as having an ability; token member of a group
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