Definitions

1. 1. indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
2. 2. see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4]

Components

• 滥 làn – overflowing
• 竽 yú – free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd (larger version of 笙[sheng1])

Related Words

• 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