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濫 (滥)

làn

Definition

overflowing
excessive
indiscriminate

Character Decomposition

Related words (24)

to fall into bad company; to make acquaintances indiscriminately

to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance

indiscriminate punishment

fickle in love; sentimentality

to kill indiscriminately; to massacre

abuse of authority

arbitrary; indiscriminate

to misuse; to abuse

indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification); see 濫竽充數

(lit.) floating wine goblets on a stream; the origin (of some phenomenon)

hackneyed talk; platitude

scurrilous; to scold indiscriminately

platitude; pointless talk

sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone

làn yòng quán lì

abuse of power

làn yòng zhí quán

abuse of power

làn kǎn làn fá

wanton destruction of forested lands

clichéd; tacky

to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate; to spread unchecked

excessive; exorbitant; excessively

riffraff; scum; lowlife; despicable; inferior

nìng quē wù làn

same as 寧缺毋濫

kuáng hōng làn zhà

to bomb indiscriminately

chén cí làn diào

cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

Idioms (5)

làn shā wú gū

willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

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

nìng quē wú làn

better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option

fàn làn chéng zāi

flood causes disaster (idiom); fig. swamped with work

cū zhì làn zào

to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work

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