滥 (濫) làn

1. làn verb to flood; to overflow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '濫'; Guoyu '濫' v 1; Kroll 2015 '濫' 1, p. 253; Unihan '濫'; XHZD '滥' 1, p. 416)
2. làn verb to spread out
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '濫' 1a, p. 253)
3. làn verb to abuse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '濫' 2a, p. 253)
4. làn noun an exaggeration
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '濫' n)
5. làn verb to be excessive; unrestrained
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '濫'; Guoyu '濫' v 2; Kroll 2015 '濫' 2, p. 253; Unihan '濫'; XHZD '滥' 2, p. 416)

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• 滥交(濫交) to fall into bad company; to make acquaintances indiscriminately
• 滥伐(濫伐) to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance
• 滥骂(濫罵) scurrilous; to scold indiscriminately
• 滥用权力(濫用權力) abuse of power
• 滥调(濫調) hackneyed talk; platitude
• 滥情(濫情) fickle in love; sentimentality
• 错误思想到处泛滥(錯誤思想到處泛濫) wrong ideas spreading unchecked everywhere
• 狂轰滥炸(狂轟濫炸) to bomb indiscriminately
• 滥好人(濫好人) somebody who tries to be on good terms with everyone
• 陈词滥调(陳詞濫調) cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
• 滥套子(濫套子) platitude; pointless talk
• 滥刑(濫刑) indiscriminate punishment
• 滥支(濫支) to squander money
• 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
• 宁缺毋滥(寧缺毋濫) rather have nothing
• 滥漫(濫漫) arbitrary; indiscriminate
• 宁缺勿滥(寧缺勿濫) rather have nothing
• 俗滥(俗濫) clichéd; tacky
• 滥权(濫權) abuse of authority
• 浮滥(浮濫) excessive; exorbitant; excessively
• 氾滥(氾濫) to flood; to overflow
• 泛滥(泛濫) to overflow the banks; to inundate; to spread unchecked
• 粗制滥造(粗製濫造) to do rough and low quality work
• 泛滥成灾(泛濫成災) a flood causes disaster
• 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
• 滥用(濫用) to misuse; to abuse
• 滥砍滥伐(濫砍濫伐) wanton destruction of forested lands
• 下三滥(下三濫) riffraff; scum; lowlife
• 滥杀无辜(濫殺無辜) willfully slaughter the innocent
• 滥杀(濫殺) to kill indiscriminately; to massacre
• 陈腔滥调(陳腔濫調) the same old platitudes

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滥用职权 、 滥觞

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• 卷四十八 志第二十八: 食貨上 Volume 48 Treatises 28: Finance and Economics 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 15
• 卷五十 志第三十: 刑法 Volume 50 Treatises 30: Punishment and Law Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 12
• 卷五十四　志第三十五:　選舉四 部選 省選 廉察 薦舉 功酬虧永 Volume 54 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 4 - Ministry Selection, Provincial Selection, Honest Inspectors, Recommendations, Compensation for Achievements and Perpetual Faults History of Jin 金史 — count: 11
• 卷一百四十七 志9: 刑法志 Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 10
• 卷一百五十九 志第一百十二 選舉五 Volume 159 Treatises 112: Selection and appointment of Officials 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
• 卷一百八十三 列傳第七十一 何喬新 彭韶 周經 耿裕 倪岳 閔珪 戴珊 Volume 183 Biographies 71: He Qiaoxin, Peng Shao, Zhou Jing, Geng Yu, Ni Yue, Min Gui, Dai Shan History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
• 卷一百九十九 志第一百五十二 刑法一 Volume 199 Treatises 152: Punishment and Law 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
• 昭公 Lord Zhao Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 7
• 卷八十八 列傳第三十八: 韋思謙 陸元方 蘇瑰 Volume 88 Biographies 38: Wei Siqian, Lu Yuanfang, Su Gui Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
• 卷一百八十 列傳第六十八 張寧 王徽 毛弘 丘弘 李森 魏元 强珍 王瑞 李俊 汪奎 湯鼐 姜綰 姜洪 曹璘 彭程 龐泮 呂獻 葉紳 胡獻 張弘至 屈伸 王獻臣 Volume 180 Biographies 68: Zhang Ning, Wang Hui, Mao Hong, Qiu Hong, Li Sen, Wei Yuan, Qiang Zhen, Wang Rui, Li Jun, Wang Kui, Tang Nai, Jiang Wan, Jiang Hong, Cao Lin, Peng Cheng, Pang Pan, Lu Xian, Ye Shen, Hu Xian, Zhang Hongzhi, Qu Shen, Wang Xianchen History of Ming 明史 — count: 6

Collocations

• 滥来 (濫來) 黑肱以濫來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 冤滥 (冤濫) 掠考冤濫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十八 楊李翟應霍爰徐列傳 Volume 48: Biographies of Yang, Li, Di, Ying, Huo, Yuan, Xu — count: 6
• 刑滥 (刑濫) 刑濫則懼及善人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 通滥 (通濫) 通濫也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 放滥 (放濫) 賓客放濫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十六 伏侯宋蔡馮趙牟韋列傳 Volume 26: Biographies of Fu, Hou, Song, Cai, Feng, Zhao, Mou, Wei — count: 6
• 徒滥 (徒濫) 澹音徒濫反 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 — count: 4
• 滥反 (濫反) 澹音徒濫反 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 — count: 4
• 枉滥 (枉濫) 故使奸猾枉濫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十一 左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang — count: 4
• 暴滥 (暴濫) 專權暴濫 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十下 皇后紀 Volume 10b: Annals of Empresses 2 — count: 3
• 声滥 (聲濫) 竹聲濫 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3