滥竽充数 (làn yú chōng shù) | Meaning: lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact · Reality does not live up to the name. · Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.名不副实míng bù fù shí

to fool people (idiom) · to pull the wool over people's eyes掩人耳目yǎn rén ěr mù

to pass off fish eyes for pearls · to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)鱼目混珠yú mù hùn zhū

to feign · to pretend to be · to pass oneself off as冒充mào chōng

crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can · to do things simply and thriftily · It's not pretty but it works.因陋就简yīn lòu jiù jiǎn

lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk鱼龙混杂yú lóng hùn zá

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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