to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
泛滥泛濫fan4 lan4
to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate; to spread unchecked
泛滥成灾泛濫成災fan4 lan4 cheng2 zai1
flood causes disaster (idiom); fig. swamped with work
浮滥浮濫fu2 lan4
excessive; exorbitant; excessively
狂轰滥炸狂轟濫炸kuang2 hong1 lan4 zha4
to bomb indiscriminately
滥调濫調lan4 diao4
hackneyed talk; platitude
滥伐濫伐lan4 fa2
to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance
滥好人濫好人lan4 hao3 ren2
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
滥交濫交lan4 jiao1
to fall into bad company; to make acquaintances indiscriminately
滥砍滥伐濫砍濫伐lan4 kan3 lan4 fa2
wanton destruction of forested lands
滥骂濫罵lan4 ma4
scurrilous; to scold indiscriminately
滥漫濫漫lan4 man4
arbitrary; indiscriminate
滥情濫情lan4 qing2
fickle in love; sentimentality
滥权濫權lan4 quan2
abuse of authority
滥杀濫殺lan4 sha1
to kill indiscriminately; to massacre
滥杀无辜濫殺無辜lan4 sha1 wu2 gu1
willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
滥觞濫觴lan4 shang1
lit. floating wine goblets on a stream; the origin (of some phenomenon)
滥套子濫套子lan4 tao4 zi5
platitude; pointless talk
滥刑濫刑lan4 xing2
indiscriminate punishment
滥用濫用lan4 yong4
to misuse; to abuse
滥用权力濫用權力lan4 yong4 quan2 li4
abuse of power
滥用职权濫用職權lan4 yong4 zhi2 quan2
abuse of power
滥竽濫竽lan4 yu2
indiscriminately included in company (without any qualification); see 濫竽充數|滥竽充数
滥竽充数濫竽充數lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4
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
宁缺毋滥寧缺毋濫ning4 que1 wu2 lan4
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option