Keyword
excessive
- to flood
- to overflow
- Frequency
- #1948
- Strokes
- 13
Readings
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Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 监 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
滥用
to misuse; to abuse
泛滥
to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
滥
overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
滥用职权
abuse of power
滥杀无辜
willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
滥权
to abuse one's authority; to misuse power
滥交
to fall into bad company; to make acquaintances indiscriminately
粗制滥造
to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
下三滥
riffraff; scum; lowlife; despicable; inferior
泛滥成灾
lit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions
陈词滥调
cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
滥杀
to kill indiscriminately; to massacre
滥用权力
abuse of power
滥觞
lit. floating wine goblets on a stream; the origin (of some phenomenon)
滥伐
to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance
滥调
hackneyed talk; platitude
狂轰滥炸
to bomb indiscriminately
滥情
fickle in love; sentimentality
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
宁缺毋滥
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
浮滥
excessive; exorbitant; excessively
宁缺勿滥
same as 宁缺毋滥 (nìngquēwúlàn)
滥好人
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
滥砍滥伐
wanton destruction of forested lands