滥 竽 充 数

làn yú chōng shùdictionary entry

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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Original source entry:

濫竽充數 滥竽充数 [lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4] /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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滥竽充数

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