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

  1. 1lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
  2. 2to masquerade as having an ability
  3. 3token member of a group

Characters in 滥竽充数

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