Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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
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The water must be supervised because of the overflowings / flooding.
Radicals
氵
water Simplified from this water 水
监
to supervise, jail Top: cut bamboo and half of bamboo 竹), below: bowl 皿 .... For cut bamboo (snippets/shred) I need a bowl to "supervise" it.
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Vocabulary
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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