濫竽充數

lànyúchōngshù

pass oneself off as one of the players in an ensemble—be there just to make up the number (used of incompetent people or inferior goods)

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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

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濫竽充數|滥竽充数 [làn yú chōng shù] ► 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