烂羊头
làn​yáng​tóu

over-awarded honor

  • created sense approved 烂羊头/爛羊頭 · làn​yáng​tóu · over-awarded honor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    烂羊头 / 爛羊頭

    làn​yáng​tóu

    over-awarded honor

    A title or distinction that loses its value because it has been granted too freely or to unworthy people; originally a metaphor for the excessive awarding of titles during the later Han Dynasty.

    烂 (literal) → 烂/爛 · làn · mushy 羊头 (literal) → 羊头/羊頭 · yáng​tóu · sheep's head

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    created sense