làn yú chōng shù
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
yú
free reed mouth organ, with wooden pipes stuck into a gourd (larger version of 笙[sheng1])
làn yú
indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification)
see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数[lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4]
chuī yú shǒu
player of the yu 竽 (free reed mouth organ)
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