滥觞 濫觴
滥觞 濫觴 làn shāng ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄤ laam6 soeng1
- lit. floating wine goblets on a stream
- the origin (of some phenomenon)
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滥 濫
- 泛滥 氾濫 fàn làn ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ to overflow; to inundate; to flood
- 滥用 濫用 làn yòng ㄌㄢˋ ㄩㄥˋ laam6 jung6 to misuse
- 俗滥 俗濫 sú làn ㄙㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ zuk6 laam6 clichéd
- 泛滥 泛濫 fàn làn ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ faan3 laam6 variant of 泛滥
- 浮滥 浮濫 fú làn ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ fau4 laam6 excessive
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- 滥交 濫交 làn jiāo ㄌㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄠ laam6 gaau1 to fall into bad company
- 滥伐 濫伐 làn fá ㄌㄢˋ ㄈㄚˊ laam6 fat6 to denude
- 滥刑 濫刑 làn xíng ㄌㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ laam6 jing4 indiscriminate punishment
- 滥情 濫情 làn qíng ㄌㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ laam6 cing4 fickle in love
- 滥权 濫權 làn quán ㄌㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ laam6 kyun4 to abuse one's authority; to misuse power
- 滥杀 濫殺 làn shā ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄚ laam6 saat3 to kill indiscriminately
- 滥漫 濫漫 làn màn ㄌㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ laam6 maan6 arbitrary
- 滥竽 濫竽 làn yú ㄌㄢˋ ㄩˊ laam6 jyu4 indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
- 滥骂 濫罵 làn mà ㄌㄢˋ ㄇㄚˋ laam6 maa6 scurrilous
- 滥调 濫調 làn diào ㄌㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ laam6 tiu4 hackneyed talk
- 下三滥 下三濫 xià sān làn ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄙㄢ ㄌㄢˋ haa6 saam1 laam6 riffraff
- 滥套子 濫套子 làn tào zi ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄠˋ ˙ㄗ laam6 tou3 zi2 platitude
- 滥好人 濫好人 làn hǎo rén ㄌㄢˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ laam6 hou2 jan4 sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
- 宁缺勿滥 寧缺勿濫 nìng quē wù làn ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ ning4 kyut3 mat6 laam6 same as 宁缺毋滥
- 宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 nìng quē wú làn ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ ning4 kyut3 mou4 laam6 better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
Idioms with these characters
- 粗制滥造 粗製濫造 cū zhì làn zào ㄘㄨ ㄓˋ ㄌㄢˋ ㄗㄠˋ cou1 zai3 laam6 zou6 to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
- 泛滥成灾 泛濫成災 fàn làn chéng zāi ㄈㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄗㄞ faan3 laam6 sing4 zoi1 lit. to flood (idiom)
- 滥杀无辜 濫殺無辜 làn shā wú gū ㄌㄢˋ ㄕㄚ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨ laam6 saat3 mou4 gu1 willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
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- 滥竽充数 濫竽充數 làn yú chōng shù ㄌㄢˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄕㄨˋ laam6 jyu4 cung1 sou3 lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
- 宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 nìng quē wú làn ㄋㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ ㄨˊ ㄌㄢˋ ning4 kyut3 mou4 laam6 better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option