làn yú chōng shù
Traditional: 濫竽充數
滥竽充数 (làn yú chōng shù) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.
Meanings
- 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