HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

泛滥

fànlàn

Traditional: 氾濫

to overflow; to inundate; to flood

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 泛滥 in English

fànlànHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #6493
  1. to overflow; to inundate; to flood
  2. (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
  3. variant of 氾濫|泛滥[fan4 lan4]

Example sentences

  1. 大雨使河水泛滥。
    dà yǔ shǐ hé shuǐ fàn làn。
    The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
    Tatoeba #336953 by fucongcong · #23907 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 滥

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences