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泛滥成灾

fàn làn chéng zāidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to flood (idiom) / fig. rampant / in plague proportions
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6b601da4187b02c5. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

泛濫成災 泛滥成灾 [fan4 lan4 cheng2 zai1] /lit. to flood (idiom)/fig. rampant/in plague proportions/

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Other forms in these source records: 泛濫成災

  • 泛
    fàn

    (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)

  • 滥
    làn

    overflowing / excessive / indiscriminate

  • 成
    chéng

    to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

    Chéng

    surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都[Chéng dū]

  • 灾
    zāi

    disaster / calamity

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.