泛滥 fànlàn▶ Lũ lụt; Ngập lụt

Stroke order

泛滥 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 泛 — 7 strokes
• 滥 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. to overflow; to inundate; to flood
2. (fig.) to proliferate unchecked

Related words

• 广泛rộng rãi

泛滥 is pronounced fànlàn and means “Lũ lụt; Ngập lụt”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 泛滥 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.