Usage of the character 濫
làn
滥
[濫]
- overflowing
- excessive
- indiscriminate
fànlàn
泛滥
[泛濫]
- to be in flood
- to overflow (the banks)
- to inundate
- to spread unchecked
lànyòng
滥用
[濫用]
- to misuse
- to abuse
lànyú
滥竽
[濫竽]
- indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
- see 濫竽充數/滥竽充数 (lànyúchōngshù)
lànmàn
滥漫
[濫漫]
- arbitrary
- indiscriminate
làndiào
滥调
[濫調]
- hackneyed talk
- platitude
lànshā
滥杀
[濫殺]
- to kill indiscriminately
- to massacre
lànmà
滥骂
[濫罵]
- scurrilous
- to scold indiscriminately
lànshāng
滥觞
[濫觴]
- lit. floating wine goblets on a stream
- the origin (of some phenomenon)
lànqíng
滥情
[濫情]
- fickle in love
- sentimentality
lànquán
滥权
[濫權]
- abuse of authority
lànfá
滥伐
[濫伐]
- to denude
- illegal logging
- forest clearance
súlàn
俗滥
[俗濫]
- clichéd
- tacky
lànjiāo
滥交
[濫交]
- to fall into bad company
- to make acquaintances indiscriminately
lànxíng
滥刑
[濫刑]
- indiscriminate punishment
fúlàn
浮滥
[浮濫]
- excessive
- exorbitant
- excessively
xiàsānlàn
下三滥
[下三濫]
- riffraff
- scum
- lowlife
- despicable
- inferior
lànhǎorén
滥好人
[濫好人]
- sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
làntàozi
滥套子
[濫套子]
- platitude
- pointless talk
chéncílàndiào
陈词滥调
[陳詞濫調]
- cliché
- commonplace
- truism
- stereotype
lànyúchōngshù
滥竽充数
[濫竽充數]
- 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
宁缺勿滥
[寧缺勿濫]
- same as 寧缺毋濫/宁缺毋滥 (nìngquēwúlàn)
lànshāwúgū
滥杀无辜
[濫殺無辜]
- willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
kuánghōnglànzhà
狂轰滥炸
[狂轟濫炸]
- to bomb indiscriminately
lànkǎnlànfá
滥砍滥伐
[濫砍濫伐]
- wanton destruction of forested lands
nìngquēwúlàn
宁缺毋滥
[寧缺毋濫]
- better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
lànyòngzhíquán
滥用职权
[濫用職權]
- abuse of power
cūzhìlànzào
粗制滥造
[粗製濫造]
- to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
lànyòngquánlì
滥用权力
[濫用權力]
- abuse of power
fànlànchéngzāi
泛滥成灾
[泛濫成災]
- lit. to flood (idiom)
- fig. rampant
- in plague proportions