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CHINESE CHARACTER
làn
滥
滥
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overflow; excessive
- Numbered pinyin
- lan4
- English meanings
- to overflow; excessive; indiscriminate
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greedy
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Example sentences
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- 01
The flood overflowed.
- 02
Don't abuse power.
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