充数

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

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

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

frequently / repeatedly

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