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làn

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làn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
làn | lan4
English translation
to flood, to overflow; excessive

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About làn

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

làn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of làn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵監

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and jiān represents the sound. Simplified form of làn .

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Words with làn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
滥用 làn yòng to misuse濫用
làn overflowing làn
泛滥 fànlàn to be in flood泛濫
陈词滥调 chén cí làn diào cliché陳詞濫調
滥杀 làn shā to massacre濫殺
滥用职权 làn yòng zhí quán abuse of power濫用職權
狂轰滥炸 kuáng hōng làn zhà to bomb indiscriminately狂轟濫炸
粗制滥造 cū zhì làn zào to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work粗製濫造
泛滥成灾 fàn làn chéng zāi fig. rampant泛濫成災
宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option寧缺毋濫
滥竽充数 làn yú chōng shù token member of a group濫竽充數
宁缺勿滥 nìng quē wù làn same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn [nìng​quē​wú​làn]寧缺勿濫
滥伐 làn fá to denude濫伐
滥交 làn jiāo to fall into bad company濫交
滥觞 làn shāng the origin (of some phenomenon)濫觴
滥调 làn diào platitude濫調
滥好人 làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone濫好人
滥竽 làn yú token member of a group濫竽
俗滥 sú làn clichéd俗濫

làn Decomposition & Compounds

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