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  laam6 laam5   jyutping
  lan4   pinyin
[1] [v] flood; overflow; inundate
[2] [adv] excessively; indiscriminately
[3] [adj] trite; hackneyed; unrealistic

Jyutping laam6 is the standard reading, used mostly in idioms and literary context; laam5 is the variant reading, used mostly as an adverb. Please refer to [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
adjectiveAdditional PoS: verbadverb
Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
Radical: (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
濫 / 滥

This word has been viewed 5757 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2013 01:59

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detail 調  can4 ci4 laam6 diu6  chen2 ci2 lan4 diao4 = cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
detail  laam6 jung6  lan4 yong4 = abuse; misuse
detail  cou1 zai3 laam5 zou6  cu1 zhi4 lan4 zao4 = shoddily made; cheap in make
detail  laam6 joek6   = drug abuse
detail  faan6 laam6  fan4 lan4 = overflow; inundate
detail  faan3 laam6  fan4 lan4 = to flood, spill over the banks; to spread without restriction
detail  mat6 zat1 laam6 jung6  wu4 zhi4 lan4 yong4 = substance abuse
detail  joek6 mat6 laam6 jung6  yao4 wu4 lan4 yong4 = drug abuse
detail  laam6 cing4  lan4 qing2 = sappiness (love in excess)
detail  laam6 faat3 din6 jau4  lan4 fa1 dian4 you2 = unsolicited commercial e-mail messages, spam, junk mail
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