滥竽充数 meaning in English
pretend to play the yu (a wind instrument) in order to make up the number for an orchestra -- to be included in a group just to fill in a vacancy; act as a stopgap; be dragged in to swell the total; fill a post without real qualifications; hold a post without qualifications; just fill up a vacancy; make up a number without active work; pass oneself off as one of the players in an ensemble -- to be there just to make up the number (used of incompetent people or inferior goods); put in men who cannot work 短语和例子
Examples
- I am not good at singing. i 'm here just to make up the number .
我不会唱歌，我在这儿只是滥竽充数。 - And i ' ve been running a charade all these years
这些年我只是滥竽充数 - And i ' ve been running a charade all these years
这些年我只是滥竽充数 - She is a sorry apology for an actor
她是个滥竽充数的演员。 - How does someone like bush get away something like this
像布什这样的人怎么会滥竽充数，蒙混过关的呢？