Memory phrase for the character: 滥

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overflowing, excessive, indiscriminate

làn

Left: water 氵, right: supervise 监 (For the cut bamboo 监 [=knife刂 & half bamboo 竹] is a bowl 皿 for its supervision)

The water must be supervised because of the overflowings / flooding.

氵	water	Simplified from this water 水
监	to supervise, jail	Top: cut bamboo (= a knive 刂 and half of bamboo 竹), below: bowl 皿 .... For cut bamboo (snippets/shred) I need a bowl to "supervise" it.

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泛滥	fàn làn	to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate; to spread unchecked
滥用	làn yòng	to abuse
滥伐	làn fá	to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance
宁缺毋滥	nìng quē wú làn	better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
宁缺毋滥	nìng quē wú làn

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