| 濫 | 980C30 63A.30-5 | 部居  | 畫數 17 | ㄌㄢˋ [lan4] | ||
| V.t. | (1) Overflow: 氾濫 to flood, inundate. (2) (AC) to covet. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | Excessive(ly), immoderate(ly), indiscriminate(ly), illegal(ly), without restraint, without scruples: 小人窮斯濫矣 a mean man, when reduced to poverty, will do anything to gain his ends; 濫發 issues excessive numbers of (banknotes, invitations, etc.); 濫費 spend money immoderately; 濫取 accept illegal payments; 濫用 misuse, abuse: 濫用職權 abuse one's authority; 濫耗公帑 spend public funds too freely; 濫伐 illegal felling of trees; 濫殺 slaughter people without discrimination; 濫交 [lan4jiao1]↓; 濫保 be guarantor for (s.o.) without due consideration; 濫支 lavish expenditure; 濫開數目 charge excessive amounts for services rendered; 濫惡 extremely bad, wicked or evil. (2) Stale, hackneyed, trite: 濫調 [lan4diao4], 濫套 [lan4tao4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 濫調兒 [lan4diao4]([er0]), n., hackneyed words and phrases: 陳腔濫調 hot air without substance, jargon, cliche. 2. 濫交 [lan4jiao1], v.i., fall into bad company, make friends without discrimination. 3. 濫觴 [lan4shang1], n. & v.i., (LL) origin; originate. 4. 濫套（兒）（子） lan4tuah('l)([zi0]), n., platitudes. 5. 濫污 [lan4wu1], adj., (Soochow dial.) dirty, tricky, unchaste: 拆濫污 neglect one's duty; 濫污貨 woman of loose morals. 6. 濫竽 [lan4yU2], adj., as in 濫竽充數 (of an untrained person) be included among a group of experts; just to fill up a vacancy. | |||||