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)

Contained in

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

Also contained in

滥用职权 、 滥波 、 滥波国 、 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
• 卷一百八十四 志第一百三十七 食貨下六 Volume 184 Treatises 137: Finance and Economics 2f History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷十二　本紀第十二: 世祖九 Volume 12 Annals 12: Shizu 9 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 滥恶 (濫惡) 器濫惡不利者 — Guanzi 管子, 參患第二十八 Chapter 28: Can Huan — count: 3
• 滥炎 (濫炎) 及濫炎妄起 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 — count: 3