滥

The character "滥" has 13 strokes. "滥" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "滥" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "滥" are "làn" . View the stroke order of "滥">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "滥"

v.: overflow; flood; inundate

adj.: excessive; indiscriminate; trite; hackneyed; banal; worn-out

• overflow : v.溢出；满得溢出；容纳不下；挤满人了；淹没；充满；洋溢
• flood : n.洪水；水灾；眼泪的涌出；感情的迸发；涨潮；海洋；溪流；灭世洪水；江河
• inundate : v.淹没；泛滥；使满溢；压倒；控制；制服
• excessive : adj.过多的；过分的
• indiscriminate : adj.任意的；胡乱行事的；不分青红皂白的；行事草率的；不加区别的
• trite : adj.陈腐的；老一套的；缺乏新意的
• hackneyed : adj.陈腐的；老一套的
• banal : adj.毫无新意的；乏味的
• worn-out : 破旧的；磨破了的；破烂

Form words with "滥"

Example phrases using "滥"

• 这句用滥了的套话是他首创的。

  He is responsible for originating this particular cliché.

• 被用滥了的古老谚语。

  Hackneyed old sayings.

• 怎么可能快乐阿，干这么滥的活。

  You can't be happy by doing something groovy.

• 让我们进一步观察滥告状的行为。

  Let's take a closer look at tattling .

• 她丈夫滥花钱为她买那块表.

  Her husband went a mucker on that watch for her.

• 我想它是那种滥学校里的每天一根的大麻

  I thought he was the old school joint of the day

• 在初民社会中，这种符号性惩罚用得很滥。

  Primitive societies administered such symbolic punishments freely.

• 有多少次你抱怨高费用和长途电话公司滥吗？

  How many times have you complained about high long distance costs and phone companies overcharging you?

• 滥捕鲸会使鲸绝种。

  Whaling may put the whales out of existence.

• 它还真是有够滥的，我再也不想跟它扯上关系。

  It's the lamest thing. I never wanted to be associated with it.