滥竽充数

1. • lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom) fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
2. • to masquerade as having an ability
3. • token member of a group

Character by character

• 滥(làn)overflowing
• 竽(yú)free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙 shēng, used in ancient China
• 充(chōng)sufficient
• 数(shù)number