Usage of the character 竽
yú
竽
[竽]
- free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙 (shēng), used in ancient China
lànyú
滥竽
[濫竽]
- indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
- see 濫竽充數／滥竽充数 (lànyúchōngshù)
chuīyúshǒu
吹竽手
[吹竽手]
- player of the yu 竽 (yú) (free reed wind instrument)
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