Memory phrase for the character: 滥

滥

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Meaning

overflowing, excessive, indiscriminate

Pronunciation

làn

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
监 to supervise, jailTop: 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.




 Vocabulary

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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