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濫竽充數

lànyúchōngshù

ㄌㄢˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄕㄨˋ

Simplified 滥竽充数

  1. 1lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
  2. 2to masquerade as having an ability
  3. 3token member of a group

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