滥竽充数

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

overflowing / excessive / indiscriminate

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

free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China

to fill / to satisfy / to fulfill / to act in place of / substitute / sufficient / full

sufficient; full / to fill / to serve as; to act as / to act falsely as; to pose as

to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number) / to serve as stopgap

to count / to count as / to regard as / to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)

number / figure / several / CL:個|个[ge4]

frequently / repeatedly