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adjective #9,476

Meanings

  1. 1 excessive; indiscriminate
  2. 2 rampant; reckless
  3. 3 flooding; overflowing

Examples

Bùyào lànyòng quánlì.
Don't abuse power.
Shìchǎng shàng lànyúchōngshù de chǎnpǐn tài duō le.
There are too many inferior products passing themselves off on the market.
Làn kǎn làn fá dǎozhì le yánzhòng de huánjìng wèntí.
Reckless logging and deforestation caused serious environmental problems.

Tips

usage
appears in many set compounds: 滥用 (abuse/misuse), 泛滥 (to flood/run rampant), (to pass off as competent). It always carries a negative sense of 'too much' or 'without restraint.'
memory
(water) + (oversee): when the water overseers fail, water overflows — means flooding and excess.

Stroke Order

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