Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 滥

overflowing
excessive
indiscriminate

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

to misuse
to abuse

indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
see 濫竽充數／滥竽充数 (lànyúchōngshù)

arbitrary
indiscriminate

hackneyed talk
platitude

to kill indiscriminately
to massacre

scurrilous
to scold indiscriminately

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

fickle in love
sentimentality

abuse of authority

to denude
illegal logging
forest clearance

clichéd
tacky

to fall into bad company
to make acquaintances indiscriminately

indiscriminate punishment

excessive
exorbitant
excessively

riffraff
scum
lowlife
despicable
inferior

sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone

platitude
pointless talk

chéncílàndiào

cliché
commonplace
truism
stereotype

lànyúchōngshù

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

nìngquēwùlàn

same as 寧缺毋濫／宁缺毋滥 (nìngquēwúlàn)

willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

kuánghōnglànzhà

to bomb indiscriminately

lànkǎnlànfá

wanton destruction of forested lands

nìngquēwúlàn

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

lànyòngzhíquán

abuse of power

cūzhìlànzào

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

lànyòngquánlì

abuse of power

fànlànchéngzāi

lit. to flood (idiom)
fig. rampant
in plague proportions