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滥竽充数

Traditional (Taiwan): 濫竽充數

lànyúchōngshù ㄌㄢˋ ㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄕㄨˋ

    • 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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Telling them apart

滥竽充数 is milder, meaning to pad out numbers with something inferior. It can also be used humorously for modestly describing oneself as an unskilled member of a group. 鱼目混珠 means passing off fakes as genuine and has no such self-deprecating use.

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