滥情

濫情

lànqíng

adjective

Meanings

1 fickle in love
2 promiscuous in affections
3 sentimental (overflowing emotion)

Characters

overflowing / excessive / indiscriminate

Examples

他这个人很滥情，谁也不能真正打动他。

Tā zhège rén hěn lànqíng, shéi yě bù néng zhēnzhèng dǎdòng tā.

He's fickle in his affections — no one can really move him.

这首诗写得有点滥情。

Zhè shǒu shī xiě de yǒudiǎn lànqíng.

This poem is a bit overwrought / too sentimental.

Tips

usage

Two senses: (1) of a person — flighty, easily falling in and out of love; (2) of writing/art — gushing, mawkish, emotional excess. The 滥 (làn 'to flood / overflow') hints at the 'too much, indiscriminate' core meaning in both.

Stroke Order

滥 làn

情 qíng