滥竽充数
Traditional form:
濫竽充數
Pinyin (reading):
lànyúchōngshù
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 滥 - to flood, to overflow; excessive
- 竽 - free reed mouth organ
- 充 - to fill, to supply; to be full
- 数 - count, number, several
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