free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[], used in ancient China
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player of the yu 竽[] (free reed wind instrument)
indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification) / see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[]
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
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