Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
滥
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
滥
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
滥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
滥 / 濫 [làn]
overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (29)
滥用 [lànyòng] #7,194
to misuse
泛滥 [fànlàn] #16,173
to be in flood
陈词滥调 [chéncílàndiào] #14,082
cliché
滥杀 [lànshā] #18,551
to kill indiscriminately
滥用职权 [lànyòngzhíquán] #22,605
abuse of power
狂轰滥炸 [kuánghōnglànzhà] #35,202
to bomb indiscriminately
粗制滥造 [cūzhìlànzào] #37,028
to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
泛滥成灾 [fànlànchéngzāi] #49,624
lit. to flood (idiom)
宁缺毋滥 [nìngquēwúlàn] #35,995
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
滥竽充数 [lànyúchōngshù] #43,104
lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
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JAPANESE WORDS (24)
乱入 [らんにゅう] #11,615
intrusion
⭐ 氾濫 [はんらん] #21,173
overflowing
⭐ 乱立 [らんりつ] #34,632
standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.)
⭐ 乱用 [らんよう] #40,911
abuse
⭐ 乱獲 [らんかく] #45,212
overfishing
⭐ 乱発 [らんぱつ] #45,932
random firing
職権乱用 [しょっけんらんよう] #49,920
abuse of authority
乱費 [らんぴ] #87,919
wasteful spending
乱読 [らんどく] #94,350
indiscriminate reading
妄りに [みだりに] #111,741
without authority
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KOREAN WORDS (1)