濫竽充數 làn yú chōng shù

to masquerade as having an ability

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
indiscriminate; excessive; overflowing
ancient Chinese reed wind instrument
to fill; full; sufficient
number; several; figure