Chinese–English

滥竽充数

làn yú chōng shù · lan yu chong shu

Traditional 濫竽充數

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
  2. to masquerade as having an ability
  3. token member of a group
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