30 results for *滥*

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  1. to misuse; to abuse

    trad. 濫用

Also written 濫用【làn yòng】

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陈词滥调chén cí làn diào

cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

泛滥fàn làn

to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked

下三滥xià sān làn

riffraff; scum; lowlife; despicable; inferior

滥杀无辜làn shā wú gū

willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

滥交làn jiāo

to fall into bad company; to make acquaintances indiscriminately

滥用职权làn yòng zhí quán

abuse of power

làn

overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate

俗滥sú làn

clichéd; tacky

浮滥fú làn

excessive; exorbitant; excessively

滥伐làn fá

to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance

滥刑làn xíng

indiscriminate punishment

滥情làn qíng

fickle in love; sentimentality

滥杀làn shā

to kill indiscriminately; to massacre

滥权làn quán

to abuse one's authority; to misuse power

滥漫làn màn

arbitrary; indiscriminate

滥竽làn yú

indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification); see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4]

滥觞làn shāng

lit. floating wine goblets on a stream; the origin (of some phenomenon)

滥调làn diào

hackneyed talk; platitude

滥骂làn mà

to hurl abuse

滥套子làn tào zi

platitude; pointless talk

滥好人làn hǎo rén

sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone

滥竽充数làn yú chōng shù

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

宁缺勿滥nìng quē wù làn

same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[ning4 que1 wu2 lan4]

宁缺毋滥nìng quē wú làn

better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option

泛滥成灾fàn làn chéng zāi

lit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions

滥用权力làn yòng quán lì

abuse of power

滥砍滥伐làn kǎn làn fá

wanton destruction of forested lands

狂轰滥炸kuáng hōng làn zhà

to bomb indiscriminately

粗制滥造cū zhì làn zào

to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work