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Definition(s) for: 滥竽充数

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
滥竽充数 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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 43,104 64,503 52,076

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
làn- overflowing
- excessive
- indiscriminate
- free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
chōng- sufficient; full
- to fill
- to serve as; to act as
- to act falsely as; to pose as
shǔ- to count
- to count as; to regard as
- to enumerate; to list
shù- number; figure
- several; a few
shuò- (literary) frequently; repeatedly

Other Words Containing 滥竽充数

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
滥竽充数 - - 43,104 64,503 52,076