竽 yú

yú noun a free reed mouth organ
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd (larger version of 笙)

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  • 滥竽充数(濫竽充數) to play the mouth organ to make up numbers; to make up the numbers with inferior products; to masquerade as having an ability; token member of a group
  • 滥竽(濫竽) to play the mouth organ to make up numbers; to make up the numbers with inferior products; to masquerade as having an ability; token member of a group
  • 吹竽手 player of the yu

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