泛 滥

fànlàn

“To overflow” in Chinese is 泛滥 (fànlàn).

Meaning

to overflow; to inundate; to flood
(fig.) to proliferate unchecked
variant of 氾濫|泛滥[fan4 lan4]

Example

大雨使河水泛滥。

The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fànHSK 57 strokesgeneral lànHSK 7-913 strokesoverflowing

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